Filter for 2ft zebra moray?

Axolotl

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Wanting to cycle my 75 g tank for a 2ft zebra moray. What type filter do you guys recommend use for your eel tanks. How often do you do water changes? Hang on the back or cannister because i know ill probably be changing out media frequently. Whats the easiest maintenance type? And gph type for these messy guys? Thanks!
 
No sump? I would go with a (or even 2) Aquaclear 110 HOB filters and a large HOB skimmer.
 
No sump. I want one eventually. Just not that good at plumbing or building w acrylic yet. So nobody uses cannisters for these guys?
 
In general people have gotten away from canister filters in the sw hobby.

A 2 foot zebra will produce a lot of waste, so you should definitely get a hob protein skimmer in addition to the other filtration you get.
 
I have a zebra just under 3 feet and I use a sump and honestly if you don't have a sump get a good protein skimmer. There needs to be some type of media to pull out crap. My chaeto and protein skimmer exploded when I introduced him when he was 28 inches
 
I will add I don't think a 75 is a very good long term home for a zebra eel. They don't move around much, but they produce a tremendous amount of waste and get quite large.
 
Really, I think you should re-think your strategy here. If you haven't already got the fish then you have options. You can still get it drilled to enable a sump. Alternatively, you could get a sypon box - you can get quite a lot of water down those things.

A sump will give you two key (essential) advantages:

1. It offers the opportunity to increase the volume of water in the tank significantly. Morays are less active, so as such you can use a smaller display - but they are none the less big animals. At 24" long and 1" in girth, that is about 19 cubic inches of flesh. At 30" and 1.5" girth = 53, at 36 x 2 = 113 ..... so a 50% increase in length will be a 5 times increase in body weight ...... that's very rough figures obvisouly but think of it this way ..... thats about the same body mass as 12 x 4" yellow tangs ...... and the moray is predator so is messier..... and will grow well past 36". So water volume is going to be of huge importance both intially and very quickly after.

2. With a sump, you can get a decent skimmer. It needs to be really oversized.You might actually benefit more from two smaller skimmers as it will continue to skim on the days that you don't feed - and it will cope with the surge after a big feed.

In all honesty - to attempt this fish in a 75 gal tank, with anything else, is fools folly. It is a case of just because you can do something it doesn't mean you should. Big sump, big skimmer, and high capacity filter is a must - in my view.
 
You could buy another smaller tank and silicone baffles in it I did it with a 25 gallon long for my 90 just a thought.
 
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