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Canister filter and Retern media?

I am looking into buying the canister filter for my 55gal freshwater planted tank. It currently has 2 spotted gar, 4 heujeta, 1 pleco, 1 shovelnose catfish. It also has a sand substrate.

What i am wondering is if the filter i choose is a good one, considering i can get it for about 0.

Also it has a spraybar return and i have no experience on how they work. I would like to use 2 Marineland BIO-Wheel PRO 60 bio wheels as the return because i think the spray bar may be to powerful. Is this true and do you know where i could get the bio wheel's. Marineland said they are not sold separatly from the magnum canister filter combo but ithink thats incorrect. The main reason i want the bio wheels is that my fish eat about 200 feeders a week adding a substancial bio load.

I also plan on upgrading tanks soon, this is why i chose the xP3.


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Why is the rena xp3 filter sooo “bad” in my turtle tank?

( And it is not defective, it is just apparently a bad quality filter)
ok, i got a filter for my 50 gallon tank. I have a 3 inch red eared slider, i know they are extremely messy sooo thats why i got the filter. I set it up, and it is running accuratly, but it does a horrrrrrrrrrible job filtering the water!!! I thought the was the best canister filter out there so i am wondering why it only filters half of my tank, and the other half is still filled with food, waste, etc. My tank only has one turtle and no fish ( that live there anyways..) and the rena xp3 is designed for heavily stocked 100 gallon aquariums, so i am wondering why it is soo weak, that it is not powerful enough to filter my whole tank!???I only have 40 gallons of water in it!! What should i do, i lost the receipt, so i cant return the filter, and now i am cleaning the tank much more often then i did before with my filter. What a rip off!!!!!!!


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Why is the rena xp3 filter sooo “bad” in my turtle tank?

ok, i got a filter for my 50 . I have a 3 inch red eared slider, i know they are extremely messy sooo thats why i got the filter. I set it up, and it is running accuratly, but it does a horrrrrrrrrrible job filtering the water!!! I thought the rena xp3 was the best canister filter out there so i am wondering why it only filters half of my tank, and the other half is still filled with food, waste, etc. My tank only has one turtle and no fish ( that live there anyways..) and the rena xp3 is designed for heavily stocked 100 gallon aquariums, so i am wondering why it is soo weak, that it is not powerful enough to filter my whole tank!???I only have 40 gallons of water in it!! What should i do, i lost the receipt, so i cant return the filter, and now i am cleaning the tank much more often then i did before with my filter. What a rip off!!!!!!!


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Is a Rena xp3 Filter Sufficient for a 50 Gallon Aquarium?

I think about buying a for my 50 gallon aquarium that houses a Turtle. The tank gets extremely messy so I wonder if my solution would be sufficient?

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What Filter is Best For My New Tank?

I'm just starting out with a 65 gallon aquarium and bought a . Will this be enough, what else do I need? I read about CO2 but am a bit puzzled.

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