Filter for 135 gallon tank

[TexSun]

Re: Filter for 135 gallon tank

You could make a cheapo DIY wet dry....

[Darth Coqui]

use ebay for a mag pump on that 29 gal or if any guys here have one for sale.
just remember, if you have no check valve the return will suck in that water as well the drains. just make sure the return line is above the drain bubba.
IMHO, save the money and buy a canister like fx5 and make a close loop along with the wet dry or you can just have a closed loop filtration until you get a better idea of your plumb filtration on the wet dry.
please, please use unions. I can not stress on how easy it is for me to maintain, move things around especially since I have valves everywhere.
the guys at the lfs are like guys who sellin you a bed or car. it is what it is.
for us hobbyist bubba, over filtrate especially if you have p bass and mbunas. I use to have big monsters and throw in hamburger meat, hotdogs, etc... and i did water changes 1 - 2 a week since i had trophs in there. my filtration were 2 fx5 on a 55 gal then i upgraded to a 135 and added an emp 400 along with 2 fx5.
please over filtrate and the fx5 you can get on here for 150 beans with bio media. plug in, play and drink a few brews while enjoying those wet babies love their home.
Good luck and please update.
im always curious in others setup.

Frankie

[Darth Coqui]

http://www.houstonfishbox.com/vforums/showthread.php?52604-aquatics-200-wetdr-overlow-pump

http://www.houstonfishbox.com/vforums/showthread.php?52552-FX5

and also you can hit up sunny for a canister or maybe he has a pump for you.
We will do what we can to help just try not to sell yourself short.
We all want to not spend too much, but reality does check us sometimes.

Frankie

[Johnsbra123]

No I'm not going to do the cheap route but I'm not going to get brand new items. I apreciate everyone's concerns! I'm going to make this tank look good and run good! I'm on the hunt for a return pump and a filter. I just got a wet dry for it for 40$ brand new. I'm taking this one slow and easy. I will have it set up in about 2 months.

[Johnsbra123]

Can I make a wet dry that will filter the whole thing? Because I would like to make one. I know the dimensions and how they work. Would that be possible with my 29 gallon? I would use 2 aqueon 2500 return pump(486 GPH each) three way to send the water to the top of the over flows(2) and the return pump to te bottom of the tank.

[Andrew_B]

That small of a wet/dry *could* work, but there's not much room for error. If you have a power outage, you will probably overflow. Figure a 29g (turns into 25g after bio ball and pump water displacement) tank needs probably 10-12g of water to have pumps submerged. a 135 RR will probably drain maybe another 10-15g with an outage. It's going to have to be spot on for it to be sufficient.

Just find a beat up 55g/75g tank on CL for 30-40 bucks and be done with it. With a 55g wet/dry, it can be your only filter. But then again, you haven't accepted anyone's recommendations yet in the past week, so why start now? Just keep a wet vac handy.