Habitat - Indoor :: filter help!!

[89imprttnr]

Well im new to the forum and i have a question that maybe eveyone here can help me on as im having trouble, ok so i have 3 turttles, ones a mississipi map turtle, red ear slider, and pennisula cooter(yellow belly). There all in a 50 gallon breeder tank that about half full soo 30-35 gallons or so and i need a good filter for this setup, right now i have a crappy hang on filter from meijers that flows 350gph and works good till the water level gets to low(cause right now its alomost all the way full like this). I have been thinkin of getting the H.O.T magnum 250 filter so i can bring the water back down to and keep at halfway but am woundering if thatll be enough filtration or not, also have 4 gold fish in there with them. Any help would be greatly appreciated and if it sounds confusing ill try and clear it up. Tanks!!

[steve]

I'd lean towards the XP3 filter. 3 turtles will produce a big mess and really need a much larger tank (and appropriate filtration).

[89imprttnr]

I know i should get a bigger tank but the 3rd turtle kinda got pushed onto me as it was my girlfriends little brothers and he wasnt being taking care of so i got it before he died. That is a very nice filter but none of my local pet shops have them,ive also been looking at a fluval 305 or 405.

[Wilmainschool]

you can order the rena xp3 online through amazon for 120$

[89imprttnr]

true i cant but they dont sell the filters either so i would have to order them online all the time and i dont like that, i just want to be able to go in a get them..

[ChangTang]

My local petsmart has an xp4 on sale for 110 dollars.

[89imprttnr]

all we got is a pet supplies plus and they dont carry anything but marineland..

[PridgNYC]

true i cant but they dont sell the filters either so i would have to order them online all the time and i dont like that, i just want to be able to go in a get them..

Once you have a properly set up and cycled canister filter, you really don't need to replace any media. Lightly rinse your biomedia (you'll probably never have to replace it), and rinse out the coarse sponges (these will last a very long time as well, replace when they start to fall apart). Replace carbon if your are using any (carbon can be bought loose at any pet store and placed in media bags or clean new nylon knee highs) and replace and regenerate purigen if you are using any. You shouldn't be using any fine floss unless you are using it for water polishing, but you can buy huge bags of the poly floss for a couple bucks at the pet store too. That is the advantage of a higher end canister filter, no proprietary media to replace constantly.

[VeipaCray]

all we got is a pet supplies plus and they dont carry anything but marineland..

We have pet supplies plus here in the Chicago suburbs too. The ones around here carry marineland, fluval and rena filters. Perhaps you can ask your local store to transfer one in from their other stores if they don't normally stock it in your local store.
Cheers!