Dual Filter Aquarium

[Catfishassasin]

I have a 60 gallon tank with currently 6 fish in it now I have a penn plax cascade 700 I want to add a run dual filters on the aquarium but I want to add the cascade 1000 can I add a second bigger one or do they have to be the same size? New to the two filter idea I would have went bigger from the beginning but it was from my old 35 gallon tank so it was large for that set up I appreciate and advice on the subject.

 

[OB Guy]

You can use different sizes and types of filters at the same time on your aquarium without any problems at all.

 

[Catfishassasin]

Heck ya I think I’m gonna go bigger for the second one

 

[OB Guy]

You can never have to much filtration in my opinion especially on a Cichlid aquarium. On my 125 gallon aquarium I run a Fluval FX6 canister filter, Magnum 350 canister filter, Fluval U4 internal filter and 3 extra large sponge filters. I can go as long as 6 months without cleaning the Fluval FX6 and about 2 months on the other filters. I have approximately 40 medium size African Cichlids in that aquarium. I do a 10-20 gallon weekly water change and my water is clear and tests good. I like a overstocked aquarium and the fish are all healthy and doing fine.