125 gallon upgrade

[Guynamedfish]

I was thinking of upgrading tanks and I was curious I have a canister filter that’s a 525 and a 100 gallon protein skimmer I was also going to get a backup filter which has 400 gph could that work also it would be a predator tank is that enough gph or no

 

[vetteguy53081]

I was thinking of upgrading tanks and I was curious I have a canister filter that’s a 525 and a 100 gallon protein skimmer I was also going to get a backup filter which has 400 gph could that work also it would be a predator tank is that enough gph or no

While it’s doable, canisters must be maintained regularly to properly keep tank parameters in check and prevent nitrates from rising quickly

 

[Bucs20fan]

Is this a reef tank or fish only? I have two tidal 100's and a fluval fx6 on my 180 fish only aquarium. As long as you dont mind cleaning them every week they provide massive filtration for dirty fish.

 

[SlugSnorter]

Doable, but the maintenance will be a pain, maybe look into filter rollers

 

[Guynamedfish]

Ok it’s a fish only it’s a predator so like I have the stock list it would be v tail grouper x2 blue jaw trigger pair snowflake eel and scopas tang and like 1 other fish but anyways ya I could do a normal filter cleaning once a week I might get a tank with a sump I haven’t figured it out yet I might run tank with a sump a canister a 100 gallon skimmer and a 400 gph submersible filter I don’t know yet but that was the main plan but I don’t know yet

 

[SlugSnorter]

Ok it’s a fish only it’s a predator so like I have the stock list it would be v tail grouper x2 blue jaw trigger pair snowflake eel and scopas tang and like 1 other fish but anyways ya I could do a normal filter cleaning once a week I might get a tank with a sump I haven’t figured it out yet I might run tank with a sump a canister a 100 gallon skimmer and a 400 gph submersible filter I don’t know yet but that was the main plan but I don’t know yet

sounds overstocked. Tail groupers need like 180 gallons, scopas tangs are around the same, snowflakes should be okay.