What Filters?

[fishwatcher]

I have 2 10-gals and 1 20-gal. They all have "appropriate" sized filters on them right now, but I'm thinking of moving the 20-gal filter to one of the tens and then buying another 20-gal for the other 10-gal and a 30-gal for the 20. (Did I lose you on that!? LOL)
Anyway, keeping price in mind as this can't get too expensive or I can't do it, what filter do you suggest?
The ones I have now are HOB Whispers. They do an ok job, but they don't have as great of a water flow as I would like. I'm not opposed to getting that brand, I just want bigger ones.
Thanks!

 

[anvil63]

I always overfilter my tanks. Bigger is almost always better assuming you don't create too much current.

I used to run a HOT magnum on a 29 gallon that had four firemouths, a synodontis Eupterus, 4 syno nigriventis, 2 albino plecs, 4 x-ray tetras, two otocinclus. Yeah I know way way overstocked. They lived in there for three weeks while I built a new stand for my 150gallon. Between the overfiltration, frequent (every other day) water changes, and the tank being heavily planted with water sprite I only lost one of the tetras which got sucked into the filter intake when the inlet strainer fell off.

Carl

 

[fishwatcher]

Any other brand/type suggestions?
Thx!

 

[carmichael7587]

I have 2 10-gals and 1 20-gal. They all have "appropriate" sized filters on them right now, but I'm thinking of moving the 20-gal filter to one of the tens and then buying another 20-gal for the other 10-gal and a 30-gal for the 20. (Did I lose you on that!? LOL)
Anyway, keeping price in mind as this can't get too expensive or I can't do it, what filter do you suggest?
The ones I have now are HOB Whispers. They do an ok job, but they don't have as great of a water flow as I would like. I'm not opposed to getting that brand, I just want bigger ones.
Thanks!

keep all your filters on the same tank and double them if your twenty gallon has a filter double it buy the same filter and run both same goes for your 10 gallons double them. i do it on all my tanks my 55 gallon has 2 whisper powerfilter 60s on it my 10 gallon has 2 ten gallon whisper filters on it what the manufactur considers appropriate is not enogh filtartion. your system will work like a dream with two filters!