Occasional mechanical filtration for macro algae tank

[Michael.Brock]

I have a 40g macro algae tank. Water changes result in a lot of debris in the water bits of hair algae, sediment, etc.) and I'm looking for a suggestion on the best tool for temporary mechanical filtration. I am not running with a sump. I have a small hob filter but it doesn't do the job. Before I just upgrade to a larger hob, is there a better solution for occasional use? I have a large canister filter, but setting that up/breaking it down for every water change is daunting. I'm sure it would do the job though.

 

[Tahoe61]

If you want to remove physically larger detritus and waste you need to either upgrade the HOB filtration, and or add a HOB refugium like CPR, and or manually siphon debris.

 

[jonelder68]

Marineland magnum internal canister filter. I use it to polish the water when I was cleaning Dino’s etc. it’s an awesome pump to have on hand. In stock usually at petco.