That Fish piace Guide: Installing Aquarium Canister Filters
Having difficulty installing a Canister Filter in your aquarium? thatfishplace.com guide to installing the Rena Filstar XP2 Canister Filter is designed to help any aquarist install these devices. This helpful guide can also serve the aquarist when installing other model canister filters as well, as most installation procedures are similar. Part of the That Fish Place instructional video series, video features Sarah, an on-staff marine biologist at That Fish Place in Lancaster, PA. Anyone looking for additional information setting up aquarium filters or other aquarium supplies should visit thatfishplace.com. Products used in the video are Rena Filstar XP2 Canister Filter and a pack of Filstar Ceramic Rings (sold seperately). If you’re looking to buy a Rena Filstar Canister Filter, check out:
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can a canister filter be used with a marine tank? please reply
Yes, most definitely a canister filter may be used in a marine tank. As with any kind of marine tank filtration, be sure to monitor your water parameters and adjust media accordingly.
ok, for a 30 gallon reef tank what wattage of lighting is needed
It really depends upon what kind of corals you intend to keep in the aquarium, and to some degree, what equipment you wish to use. For a 30 gallon aquarium, I would reccomend a T5 light fixture, to try to reduce the amount of heat introduced into the aquarium. Using a Metal Halide fixture, may require the use of a chiller to keep the tank cool enough. There are several wattage T5 fixtures that will fit your tank. Research the light demands of the corals you want keep to help choose a model.
is a pistol shrimp safe for a reef tankm and how do you keep the tank clean under you corals,and does reverse flow with a under gravel filter work well
Pistol Shrimp are reef safe, in that they will not harm your corals. I would not reccomend the use of an undergravel filter for your reef tank. The best way to keep your tank clean is with good water motion that suspends all the waste in the water column, and a quality protein skimmer and filtration system to remove the suspended waste from the water.
Help! I have a 44 gal. corner/half hex. tank. Want to have saltwater fish & corals eventually. I planed on using rena xp2 with Live Rock & protein skimmer~ (uv light too?) with power head for h20 movement. Will the XP2 be enough or should I buy the XP3 or would that be over kill for a 44gal. tank? Advice? Thanks!!
OOPs! One other thing I should have added is this is a 24 inch deep tank. Might make a diffrence.
The XP2 should be more than enough to support biological and filter sufficiently in a 44 gallon.
I bought the XP3 used and i’m not sure where I should put my filter pads and ceramic rings/charcoal
I think
Bottom- coarse pads
Middle- Creamic rings and charcoal
Top- Fine filter pad
Is this correct or should I change the order?
thanks for the help!
this should be the correct order, the fine media will pick out fine particulates and the water will then trickle through the biological and coarse media.
Thank you! I bought one of these today and didn’t get any instructions. Naturally, their customer service was 8 to 5 Eastern and I’m in Oregon. And, as it is at my son’s new apartment, there was no internet hookup yet to look for info. My place – 2 miles away but printer is on the fritz. This video was great!
Did anyone else find themselves unable to focus on the filter installation… because that chick was incredibly good looking?
Helpful video.
Is it possible to run 2 55 gallon tanks on the same cannister?
Thanks
Canister filters are not designed to run multiple tanks, they need to draw and return water within the same body of water. It would not be possible to maintain water volume balance in two tanks and a single filter.
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@BobLeFlambeau I beg to differ…
Who’s to say you can’t have to outlets and two inlet pipes. The only problem with running off the one canister filter is the flow will not be as strong and that disease would spread like wildfire between the two tanks.
I am soon to be setting up my 213 gallon tank, what kind of filtration should i use?
You all must be hard up.
omg canister for that ammount of gallons a canister for around a 300-400 gallon canister filter. power filters is for anything under 80 even though u can get a 110 gallon power filter.. u should always go more then the ammount of gallons u have
Do you have to buy the rings and the chemical filtration once it uses up?
@redking133, chemical filtration will have to be replaced once exhausted, which generally takes a few months depending on your livestock load. Biological media rarely, if ever needs replaced
I am not able to prime the filter, I put water in it , anyone have any suggesting .
I was after Canister Filters untill i watched this video. Now i want this girl..
2:22 try diping the hose in some hot water to get it futher on.
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