Hi All
New to the forum. Have had aquariums throughout the years, but they were fairly basic (10g-30g) with minimal plants. I recently bought a CADE 59 gallon rimless tank which I plan to aquascape with quite a lot of plants and maybe ~20 tetra's. I'm hoping I could get some help with equipment recommendations. Note: I am in Canada.
Filter:
After purchasing the tank, I went ahead and purchased a Fluval 307 because it was advertised as working with a tank size of 40-70 gallons. After reading these forums, this advertisement seems misleading and this filter does not seem to be adequate. I bought it online and the retailer wants to charge me their shipping cost, plus my cost to ship it back if I return it (will be close to $50 total I would lose should I decide to return it). Will this filter be severely lacking for what I'm trying to do? I'm willing to eat this cost if this truly wont' work, but hate the idea of throwing that money away. I don't have an alternate use for it. I thought about simply using two filters, but considering this is a rimless aquascape, I'd like to keep equipment visibility to a minimum so two sets of intakes/outlets is not ideal. I have also seen stainless steel intake/outlets which look really nice, but seem to be more troublesome to hook up to a fluval? I think Eheim filters allow them to hook up without issue? (i.e. no ribbed hoses). Also, I'm not sure if there is more 'reliable' equipment in terms of leaks, but if so, I'd lean towards that.
Heater:
I have seen inline heaters that would help with reducing the equipment visibility, but they seem to be a bit more involved hooking up to a fluval (i.e. ribbed hoses)? I'm also aware that some filters have heaters built in, but these seem like fairly high end filters and may be overkill for my setup?
Lights:
No clue on this.... I really like the look/style of the light coming off an arm on the back. As for plants, I don't have specifics as of yet, but will likely end up with a large variety so will want enough light to support a variety of low/moderate.
Realize I am probably missing key information to help with recommendations, so happy to answer any questions.
Would appreciate any help you could offer!
Thanks!
New to the forum. Have had aquariums throughout the years, but they were fairly basic (10g-30g) with minimal plants. I recently bought a CADE 59 gallon rimless tank which I plan to aquascape with quite a lot of plants and maybe ~20 tetra's. I'm hoping I could get some help with equipment recommendations. Note: I am in Canada.
Filter:
After purchasing the tank, I went ahead and purchased a Fluval 307 because it was advertised as working with a tank size of 40-70 gallons. After reading these forums, this advertisement seems misleading and this filter does not seem to be adequate. I bought it online and the retailer wants to charge me their shipping cost, plus my cost to ship it back if I return it (will be close to $50 total I would lose should I decide to return it). Will this filter be severely lacking for what I'm trying to do? I'm willing to eat this cost if this truly wont' work, but hate the idea of throwing that money away. I don't have an alternate use for it. I thought about simply using two filters, but considering this is a rimless aquascape, I'd like to keep equipment visibility to a minimum so two sets of intakes/outlets is not ideal. I have also seen stainless steel intake/outlets which look really nice, but seem to be more troublesome to hook up to a fluval? I think Eheim filters allow them to hook up without issue? (i.e. no ribbed hoses). Also, I'm not sure if there is more 'reliable' equipment in terms of leaks, but if so, I'd lean towards that.
Heater:
I have seen inline heaters that would help with reducing the equipment visibility, but they seem to be a bit more involved hooking up to a fluval (i.e. ribbed hoses)? I'm also aware that some filters have heaters built in, but these seem like fairly high end filters and may be overkill for my setup?
Lights:
No clue on this.... I really like the look/style of the light coming off an arm on the back. As for plants, I don't have specifics as of yet, but will likely end up with a large variety so will want enough light to support a variety of low/moderate.
Realize I am probably missing key information to help with recommendations, so happy to answer any questions.
Would appreciate any help you could offer!
Thanks!