whats the best filter for 40gallon tank?

planning to get a good filter.

canister or hang on ??


need your help

canister is always better

get canister and hang on filter lol

which one there a bunch!

get a aqua clear 110 or marineland penuin or emperor 350b/400b.

i dont know anything about canisters

What ever you can afford I really like the XP3, and if you ever want to get a bigger tank you can reuse the same filter for a bigger tank.

i got alot of good reviews bout the xp3

thinking bout checking this out

or get xp4 if you want to go bigger lol but xp3 does the job. If not get a fluval 405 its your next best option. As for hang on back I really like the Aqua Clear 110 but thats a lot of flow for your tank. But there is not such thing is too much flow in this hobby

Rena Filstar XP3

You will be very satisfied.

im using both on my 55g. get the marineland HOT magnum for hang filter, its makes your water crystal clear.

[quote name='vanceee' date='Jan 31 2010, 04:53 PM' post='397034']
whats the best filter for 40gallon tank?

planning to get a good filter.

canister or hang on ??


need your help
[/quote im using both on my 55g. rena canister and marineland HOT magnum. the HOt magnum is really good. it makes your water crystal clear.

XP's are great filter but aquaclear filters are great too make crystal clear waters too...the only thing with canisters is the electric consumption is higher.

Get a canister filter.

If you're looking for a great value, get a Cascade. They sell them everywhere including petco and petsmart and other run-of-the-mill pet stores so you can get them cheap.

For a 40 gallon tank, get the Cascade with 3 trays. I like Cascade much better than Fluval, Magnum, and others because you can make your own filter media saving you alot of money and sometimes getting more performance. I have a Cascade, Fluval, Eheim, and a Magnum at home. The fluval is really quiet, but the filter media costs alot. Magnum is too loud and the integrated filter media for it sucks so bad. Eheim is ok. But i've seen the best performance from my Cascade.