Filters for LARGE tanks

"(((\" John Lange" wrote in
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HI

I am starting plans for a 1000G tank and am trying to get as much
information in advance as possible. The current question is FILTERS???

Any suggestions? This will be a Fresh Water Game Fish Tank. Crappies,
Bluegills (brem), Trout, Bass and the like. I am currently running a 120G
and the filtering load is quite heavy. Someone mentioned a swimming pool
(sand) filter, but I think it will plug up quickly.

Thanks for all your help.

JOhn :-)



You might do well with a nice 200 or 300 gallon sump running 100% biological
filtration. There was quite an interesting setup by a guy once who had a
4000 gallon reef tank in his basement (well it WAS his basement), and as
filtration he had three 300 gallon tanks behind it that were full of a
special aquatic plant that did all the bio filtration. The tank was so large
that the ecosystem basically took care of anything the sumps didn't.. waste,
dead animals, et cetera. The site was mr4000.com but it's down now. Good
luck.