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I am going to have a new Corydoras tank in a short future, so I REALLY need all informations about any EXCELLENT filters for my lovely Corydoras families and also Wood Catfish families to make them very healthy and happy with that filter. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. I am planning to get a 90 or 100 gallon tank.
Can I use Sump Filter for my Corydoras or Wood Catfish tank that people normally use this filter for ONLY Saltwater Aquarium tank? Is that very hard to set it up?
Oh! And, also a small tank for my Corydoras and Wood Catfish also, which filter is the best for them as well.
Thank you so much for all informations,
Bunthid or Max
As corys are generally quite small, they aren't that hard to arrange good filtration for.
Sump filtration has it's benefits and drawbacks. Single tank sump is essentially the same as a large external filter.
A multi-tank setup with multiple tanks connected to the same sump has a further drawback in that if one tank gets an illness, the other tanks are likely to be infected too.
I use air-driven HMF-filters in all my tanks (currently 45 for Corys, breeding, raising and stocktanks) and I'm very happy with this setup. Low maintainence and excellent filtration.
Best regards,
Kim M
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Just to be clear that "What's the best <insert some stuff here>" is a very difficult question to answer. If you ask someone "What's the best car?", they may say "Ferrari F50" - now, if you want to make fast laps around a racetrack, that's probably a pretty decent choice. However, if your intention is to move a 6ft fishtank with related stand and hood/lights, the Ferrari will be a pretty rubbish choice, and a big van would probably be considered "best" in this case. However, if "best" is defined as "gets good fuel mileage, costs little to insure, and isn't very expensive and has enough room to get a weeks worth of shopping in the car", something like a Smart Car or VW Polo would be the "best" choice.
The main point for any filtration solution is that it's capable of supporting the stock of the fish. There are many different solutions that will do that. They vary in price, ease of cleaning and use, flow generated in the tank, space used in the tank (external and sump filters obviously "win" this one).
But it's not very easy to say "this is best" without having a reference as to what defines best. Is cost an important factor? What about "time between cleanings", "noise", "power consumption", "fry safety" (e.g. external [and sump] filters can cause fry to be sucked into the filter - they usually survive, but especially with sump filters, finding them again can be difficult) and all the other dozens of aspects that may need to be considered.
