Back Up Filters

[redbug]

After reading the thread about the filter leaking I am wondering how many people run 2 or more filters on their tanks?

I have a 150 gallon tank that i run a fluval X5, fluval 305 and a cascade 1500 on this allows me to shut down and clean any of the filters with out having the water conditions change
It also helps in case of a breakdown
who else runs a back up filter?

 

[anon02]

After reading the thread about the filter leaking I am wondering how many people run 2 or more filters on their tanks?

I have a 150 gallon tank that i run a fluval X5, fluval 305 and a cascade 1500 on this allows me to shut down and clean any of the filters with out having the water conditions change
It also helps in case of a breakdown
who else runs a back up filter?

My tank has a trickle filter so I bought a spare powerhead. If I were to run 2 filters I would only use 50% of the media in each filter so if one broke I could put all of the media into one filter and keep the full bacterial colony