External filter Whats the best ?

[Carl]

Reason i'm asking is cause i'm Gona get a Breeding Pair of Oscar's and i know there is alot of waste so hence asking for best filters Also Best filter and Size i will need

Thank's in Advance

 

[vantgE]

Your tank is a little small for two oscars you'l want over 100 gallons


You should go with a cannister-but from here it's mostly opinion, but ehiems are definately best but a little expensive

Otherwise your looking at minimally
Fluval 304 - even better a 404
Rena Xp2
Ehiem Pro II 2026
Ehiem ECCO 223539
Ehiem Classic 2215

 

[Carl]

Thank's for reply m8 , been lookin round and i like the look of PENN-PLAX CASCADE 1000 anyone know if there any good only cause i have had a Cascade 700 internal one for a long time and never had any sort problem ?

Thank's again for the reply and i will look into all the filter's u said as well

 

[vantgE]

Well I don't know much about them but skyo42 (i think) just bought some for his 125, so they can't be a bad choice, like I said though there isn't much difference in terms of performance, reliability and ease of use become the main thing to consider

 

[rdd1952]

As for your filtration, I would go with dual filters (also dual heaters), one on each end of the tank, rather than a single filter. It helps circulate the water better and if my chance one happens to have a problem, you still have some filtration. Also, with the extra messy oscars, you need extra filtration. I am running 2 Fluval 304s on my 75 gallon and they are great. I would definitely recommend them. I also mentioned heaters. I am also running Hydor Inline heaters with the Fluvals. Those are a little more expensive but work great. It's also something else that is out of the tank so you don't have to look at the heater sticking on the back glass.

 

[maestro]

Get an eheim, the rest are miles away in terms of build quality.

I had one for nearly 10 years and still absolutely silent

 

[rdd1952]

Get an eheim, the rest are miles away in terms of build quality.

I had one for nearly 10 years and still absolutely silent

I haven't tried those but I will add that the Fluvals are dead silent too. If you couldn't see the plants moving, you wouldn't know they were running.

 

[boxman]

Just upgraded from a 204 to a 404, it's a bit too powerful for my tank but at least it's doing the job!!!!!!

Couldn't recommend them more! Yea, 304 is good, 404 better and for £120 (404) it's a bargain!!!!

 

[StarOrbs]

I've never tried anything else so perhaps I'm bias but my Eheim 2026 for my 55 gallon works great.

 

[williamc]

yeah Ive heard good things about fluval

 

[Nick16]

what about the TT ex1200? i have heard good things and bad things about all of the mentioned filters, so it entirely your choice, on price, output, size of the 'bucket' etc

 

[three-fingers]

Not an option because the ex1200 never existed when this tread was relevant .

 

[Schmill]

At this rate William will be getting the title "Resurrector Extraordinaire" !