My biggest cost shock when buying my first tank was not the tank or stand or even the fish. It was the filter. I have a 65 gallon tank and the fish store sales guy recommended that I go with the Hagen Fluval 405 Canister Filter
I installed it on a new tank and made a couple slight mistakes installing it. I cut the outbound tube a lot shorter than I would have preferred. I forgot that the inbound and outbound tubes should be on opposite sides of the tank. I ordered a new tube and easily fix the problem. I also installed filter after filling most of the tank with water which made it very hard to connect the tubes since it all happens behind the tank. If I would have installed them first it would have been a snap.
Since then, the tank has been running about 9 months. The fish keep swimming and the water stays clean. I always plan on cleaning the tank every week or two but normally do it every 4-6 weeks without it appearing to cause any harm and without the tank getting gross.
The Fluval 405 is rated up to 100 gallons so the extra power surely helps keep the water circulating and clean.
I also recommend talking to your trusted fish expert to explain exactly what kind fish and how many you plan on keeping and also where your tank is located and what the environment is like. The filter has 4 rows with 2 chambers each for putting various filter media all designed to do different things. The out of the box set up seemed to work fine but since making some changes based on the advice of my fish store expert, the fish tank seems incredibly stable between long periods of not touching anything.
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