I have my tank in a state at the moment and a few people have sugested getting more filtration in there, so as i am upgrading to my big tank in a few monthes would a Eheim 2329 wet-dry filter be ok for my tank, it states there are 2 and the one below is for 600L tanks but surly it would be ok for mine,
A bit overkill but surly over kill is good?
http://www.aquarist-classifieds.co.uk/c ... filter.php
What do you think?
Thanks
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Am i going over the top?
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48"x12"x15" Tank
1x Iporangensis Earth Eater Cichlid 7.5"
1x SailFin Plec L022 8"
1x Leapard Pleco 6"
2x Tiger Clown Plecos 1"
1x Bosemani Rainbows 1"
3x Congo Tertras 3"
4x Clown loach's 4"
3x Snowflake loach 3"s
3x Spotted Catfish
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I have had two of these filters (2227 & 2229) and they are quite good provided they are kept very clean. As soon as the media trays start to clog up, the fill / drain rate is affected and the float activation suffers, resulting in erractic surges or none at all.
I now run them both only on a tank that has a sealed internal background with a 1" gap at the bottom beneath 6" of gravel. The filter pickups are behind the background so all the water they take has been passed through the gravel bed, eliminating all large particular matter.
As such, these cannister-style wet / dry filters have worked flawlessly for several years and if you can devise a similarly effective pre-filter then they are worth considering. However I did once run the smaller 2227 filter on a 4' tank and found it not to be practical, if it wasn't cleaned religiously it would end up stuck on the slow flow cycle which wasn't desirable at all.
The choice of filter material is also important and the synthetic rock supplied with them new is not really suitable as it clogs too easily. Bio-balls intended for trickle filters are no good as they drain too quickly, in any case their surface area to volume ratio is poor in such a relatively small area. Ceramic tubes work best in my experience, in particular the Sera brand Siporax.
The other thing to consider is that in a small tank the surge action will raise and lower the water level in the tank by a good inch or so, and the full surge action itself is fairly strong - a tank only 15" wide will be seriously sloshed around, depending on your return angle. For that size tank I now run an eheim 2213 and a 2017 and find that more than adequate.
I now run them both only on a tank that has a sealed internal background with a 1" gap at the bottom beneath 6" of gravel. The filter pickups are behind the background so all the water they take has been passed through the gravel bed, eliminating all large particular matter.
As such, these cannister-style wet / dry filters have worked flawlessly for several years and if you can devise a similarly effective pre-filter then they are worth considering. However I did once run the smaller 2227 filter on a 4' tank and found it not to be practical, if it wasn't cleaned religiously it would end up stuck on the slow flow cycle which wasn't desirable at all.
The choice of filter material is also important and the synthetic rock supplied with them new is not really suitable as it clogs too easily. Bio-balls intended for trickle filters are no good as they drain too quickly, in any case their surface area to volume ratio is poor in such a relatively small area. Ceramic tubes work best in my experience, in particular the Sera brand Siporax.
The other thing to consider is that in a small tank the surge action will raise and lower the water level in the tank by a good inch or so, and the full surge action itself is fairly strong - a tank only 15" wide will be seriously sloshed around, depending on your return angle. For that size tank I now run an eheim 2213 and a 2017 and find that more than adequate.