New 20 Gallon Tank: Suggestions for Filter Selection

[Moby2BettaBuddy]

Hi,
I am new to the fish fathering hobby and started with an impulse buy of my Betta Buddy, Moby2 and a .5 gallon bowl as recommended by the PetCo salesperson. After joining this forum, I learned that a bowl with no heater or filter was NOT GOOD. I upgraded Moby2's home to a FluVal Spec III (2.5 gallon) tank with live plants, heater and filter. I've enjoyed my experience greatly caring for Moby2 and his tank mates, 4x RCS and 2 x Nerite snails. His tank finally finished cycling (60 days) and my daily water testing and frequent water changes have eased.

I am ready to upgrade again and have purchased a 20 gallon (long) tank which I will cycle before adding fish. Since my FluVal Spec III came with an integrated filtration system, I didn't have to worry about filtration. I am now seeking advise on the best filter for my new 20 gallon. I am planning to heavily plant the new tank and populate it with 5 x female Bettas and a few Corys.

Any advise on the selection of a good filtering system is greatly appreciated!

Thank you,
Randy/Folsom, CA

 

[dougall]

I'm personally always a fan of overfiltering, and also a fan of canister filters.

I think we currently have either a Filstar XP-S or SP-M on our 20g long, I'd personally be fine using either.

 

[Moby2BettaBuddy]

I'm personally always a fan of overfiltering, and also a fan of canister filters.

I think we currently have either a Filstar XP-S or SP-M on our 20g long, I'd personally be fine using either.

Thank you!

 

[Finster]

For a 20 gallon you can go for this Sun Sun canister. http://www.ebay.com/itm/SUNSUN-HW-6...fce9f85&pid=100005&rk=2&rkt=6&sd=281109431274

A bit more but I still think doable for 20 gallon would be this one.http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Stage-Ext...210142?hash=item58b534101e:g:7mIAAOxyx0JTg3Qi

 

[Moby2BettaBuddy]

Hi Finster,
Awesome! Great price and free shipping. I'm ordering today!
Thank you,
Randy/Folsom, CA

 

[Finster]

I use the SunSuns exclusively in anything bigger than 10 gallons. I have 4 now. My oldest has been going for 5 years now. I use garden supply lava rock for biological media and clean them every 3 or 4 months and they have been really good to me.

 

[Moby2BettaBuddy]

New 20 gallon, set-up and cycling using some plants from my established tank. Thank you for your help and suggestions:
Tank: Aqueon 20 gallon
Lights: Aqueon LED light bar and click on LED backlights
Filter: Aqueon HOB Whisper 10 (San-San canister on order)
Heater: Ebo-Jager 100 watt
Plants: Anubius, sword, moss boll, anacharis
Fish: TBA
Bubbler: aPump with bubble bar

 

[Moby2BettaBuddy]

I use the SunSuns exclusively in anything bigger than 10 gallons. I have 4 now. My oldest has been going for 5 years now. I use garden supply lava rock for biological media and clean them every 3 or 4 months and they have been really good to me.

Thank you, Finster for the recommendation on the smokin' good deal on the Sun Sun!

 

[Moleen]

uh oh...another one bites the dust! LOL! Congrats!.....you have all the symptoms of MTS!

 

[Moby2BettaBuddy]

MTS=Multiple Tank Syndrome???