I clean my Aquaclears on my discus setups maybe once every other week or once a month (because my prefilters are catching most of the debris) If I were to be using the Tidal on the same setups with the same feeding regiment, I would be cleaning it out every other day if not more. The tidal has 3 different water inlets, only 2 of which I was able to get a prefilter on, because of this, smaller bits of uneaten food get into the inlet without the prefilter and cause it to get very dirty, very very fast. Why so?I feed a varied diet of Blackworms, Beefheart, Flakes and Aquabites (small pellets) - feeding 3 to 5 times a day. All in all, if you are a discus keeper and you have been using Aquaclears, I would stick to them.just my 2cents.

If you have a tank where you are feeding a lot of worms, FDBW or bloodworms, or even a beefheart mix that tend to dissolve.I would stick to the Aquaclear. I see a very big difference in water clarity in my Tidal tank compared to my Aquaclear tank. However, this leaves the middle inlet open, and I haven't found a good way to attach a pre-filter to it.so if you are feeding worms of any kind, they will get into the filter and you will have to clear it more frequently.īasically, if you have a tank where you are feeding mostly floating pellets or sinking, this filter is very very good and I recommend it (As long as you have a prefilter on the skimmer). I found it necessary to have a pre-filter on the inlet tube, as well as one around the skimmer, I attached the one on the skimmer with fishing line. It will pull water from 3 different areas of the water column, however, if you are like me and tend to use a pre-filter sponge.this complicates things.

So, if you don't already know, the Tidal has 3 water inlets, vs the 1 inlet on the Aqualcear.this is good and bad.

This thread got a good amount of views but no replies, so, I thought I'd give my personal review of the Seachem Tidal 110 after about 2 months of use.Īs I stated above, I'm a longtime user and fan of Aquaclears, I'm also naturally a skeptic.so all of the hype that came with the Tidal filters had me weary.ĭown to the nitty-gritty, I basically had 2 tanks setup with similar bio-loads, 1 tank with an Aquaclear 110 and 1 tank with the Tidal 110 (Neither were Discus setups).

Seachem tidal 110 review