Canister filter on RSM?

[possitive k]

Hello everyone, after several years of beeing out of the hobby, I have recently purchased a RSM 130. My question to everyone is......

Is anyone using a canister style filter? Pros, cons? Suggestions..........
The tank I got has been basically gutted and just has a tunze skimmer in the back.

Thanks

[mrhasan]

One con that I have heard is that, if not cleaned properly and regularly, they can become "Nitrate Inc."

[msjboy]

hope you have a tunze 9002 ( or other small skimmer that fits) that fits in the back of the sump with the media basket. .. if you want to set up a more elaborate setup, buy an overflow and connect it down to a sump in the red sea max's stand ( be warned, the hinges will rust and be quite moist in the area unless you put in a fan ).... check out reefsanctuary.com for the rsm130 thread on people's builds...lifereef.com for sump ideas; you can even just buy or make a 10 gallon sump setup, or ones like the 10 gallon Aqueon Proflex sump. I don't think many people use the cannister type filtration systems anymore for marine tanks.

msjboy

[subman]

I was looking to use a canister as a bio pellet reactor on my sons rsm. Just got lazy so its just sitting in my fish room lol.

[canadianbudz604]

The canister will work fine as long as you keep it clean. Provides decent flow and no hob filter taking up space. It will become a nitrate factory if you don't maintain it, but it's not that hard to clean. There is lots of nice successful tanks that use canister filters

[possitive k]

Cool, thanks for all the info. I would eventually like to set up a real nice sump.
By clean it......what do you mean, take it appart and scrub it down and change all the filter media like once a month? Or just keep changing the filter media every so often?

Thanks again.

[Coralgurl]

I run a canister filter and clean it out with each water change (a complete scrub of the inside every 2 weeks) and clean and change the media monthly. This has been working fine up until recently, but I did change the filtering media and wonder if this is contributing. I need to buy the stuff I was using before and see what happens. As long as you maintain them, they are great!

[denny_CC]

if you want to add a sump just drill it , ive turned quite a few rsm's into full functioning tanks for sumps. the back panel is drillable

cheers

denny

concept aquatics

[viperfish]

Eshopps makes a sump that fits it perfectly.

[fragbox.ca]

Iv been using a canister filter on my nano tank for years and does a great job
I clean it weekly though