Big enough for 45-C (90l)?

[5678]

Planning out kit for the new tank I've ordered today, an ADA45-C.

I currently have a JBL e701 and was looking for people's thoughts on if this will be sufficient, or if I need to be looking at an e901 or Eheim Pro 350?

I'm toying with trying lily pipes this time and I know they can have the effect of reducing flow, so I'd like to factor this in too.

Media wise I'm planning on running Bio Rio, Purigen and some initial foam.

 

[pepedopolous]

I think the 701 will be fine. I run one on a 60 litre cube and it's even quieter than my Eheim 350 (which I use on a 125l tank). Having said that, I have very little media in both filters, with the 901 you could pack in loads if that's your thing. Also, the media that comes with the filter is perfectly fine to use. Purigen is great though.

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[tim]

It'll depend on the type of lily pipe IMO they are not all manufactured the same when it comes to restricting flow, for example I can run a cristalprofi 900 on full in a 40x40 tank with gush lillies same tank cal Aqua lillies cristalprofi 700 on full substrate and plants blown everywhere.

 

[5678]

I hadn't appreciated there would be that much variance Tim!