filter opinions

[no.1chuy]

ok so im planing on gettin a new filter for my 20g tomorow because it has three filters on it at the moment. one aqua 5 - 15 one tetra wisper i think its for a ten gallon tank and one intank tetra 2-10i well both hob filters are dying they just dont push out water like they used to already tryed cleaning.. well any ways i wanna get new filter and here is what im looking at a bio-wheel filter rated for a 20 gallon tank or a cascade hob filter rated for 35 gallon tank which do you think would be the better choice?

 

[Newman]

the 35 gal one. always better to go more.

 

[MalcolmV8]

I'm a big fan of the bio wheel filters because they provide the perfect environment for the good kinds of bacteria to live in your tank which don't get affected by changing filters (throwing away your bacteria) etc.
I'd buy a bio wheel filter. They make them for larger than 20 gallon tanks too.

 

[Newman]

in terms of bacteria, as long as that 35 gallon filter has a good-sized floss/sponge element, the bacteria's taken care of

 

[MalcolmV8]

Right, as long as he never changes it.

 

[no.1chuy]

thanks for the opinions newman and malcolmv8. well i ended up gettin a bio-wheel rate for a 30 gal tank for a lil over $25 at petsmart. really quick the reson for only those two options was because that was what the lfs had in stock but i stop by petsmart to do a lil price comparison and ended up gettin my filter there

 

[MalcolmV8]

Cool, hope you like it. If you've never had a bio wheel filter before you'll notice the bio wheel spins very fast once initially setup and after a couple weeks or more it'll eventually slow down a lot. This is normal.