140L Aqua Medic chromis cube filters reqd

[petrolhead]

I'm looking at something like a Fluval 205 (690L/hr) and an Eheim aquaball 2212.

Or maybe just 2 Eheim 2212's.

The 2212 has a 650L/hr output and a directional output and it's Eheim, so it's quality.

What do you think?

This will be my first marine tank.

[Tangman]

Hi what are you going to do with these filters as most marine tanks dont use them, the best way to filter a marine tank is with good Live Rock and a good skimmer.Marines are totally different to keep than freshwater fish, so you have to filter them differently. HTH Twiggy:D:D

[petrolhead]

I was going to use live rock/sand but I thought that I needed some serious filtration to go with it.

Is this not the case?


Can you recommend a reasonable skimmer to go with a couple of wave makers then.
Thanks.

how much live rock/sand? 20kg rock plus sand?

[sinaarrgghh]

It is the live rock that does the filtration in marine tanks. As for the amount 20 kilo will be good, maybe slightly less. It's recommended as 1kg per gallon.

Skimmer wise I use a deltec MCE300 on a tank of that size and itworks well though I'm sure there are others.