Is there a big difference between freshwater tank filters and salt water tank filters?
Typically, freshwater filtration usually consists of an undergravel filter combined with a power filter or a canister filter. On some tanks, only a large canister filter may be used. Marine aquariums usually use either a wet-dry filter or Berlin reservoir combined with a protein skimmer as the main filtration. However, over the years, we have seen many types of filters in use on many different types of tanks. There is no hard and fast rule except one. That is to design the filtration around the size of aquarium and the animals being kept. Top • I have a 55 gallon tank and have a 50 Watt heater, from a old smaller tank. I wanted to get a 100 Watt heater and use both. Should I put the two together in the tank or separate them? You should place one heater on either side of the tank. Top • I have a 55 gallon freshwater tank with an undergravel filter, a powerhead, a power filter, and an air pump running a bubble wand. I have 24 fish averaging about 50 inches total. If I put a second powerh
