bionicfinger
Seedling
Hi everyone,
A while back I bought a second hand tank from a friend, a Juwel Trigon 190. After a bit of money spent on upgrading the lighting and buying appropriate substrate and plants, I then discovered this forum. Boy I wish I had before getting corner tank - my aim was to go with a high tech set up but after reading the issues with flow in a corner tank I soon changed my mind.
I kept the Trigon low tech and added a few tetra and for a while I was happy enough. But no more.
Now I have a Fluval Flex 57l which is heavily planted and low tech, currently at day 3. I have no plans to upgrade anything on this, only add shrimp and maybe a betta at a later date. I'll let you know how this goes once the tank is a bit more established.
My aim is to get an EA 900, either the aquascaper or freshwater and go high tech. I prefer the aquascaper, the boss (my wife) prefers the freshwater. Either way I know this is going to be a big investment and so the buy once, buy right is at the forefront of my mind and so I've been looking at canister filters.
The two that caught my eye immediately were the Oase Biomaster 600 with integrated heater and the Fluval FX4. Having done some research, I'm aware that the Oase has some flow issues but could be rectified with a bit of DIY. The FX4 sounds great, but I really don't like the hoses and not sure if there is a way I could adapt it to have clear hoses so that they are less obvious in the aquarium. I've also looked at the Eheim pro's but keep reading that people are having issues with the priming on these.
Can anyone give me any advice on any of these filters? Does anyone have experience with either the Oase 600 or the Fluval FX4? I have a budget of £250 for the filter so perhaps I should be considering another brand. Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.
A while back I bought a second hand tank from a friend, a Juwel Trigon 190. After a bit of money spent on upgrading the lighting and buying appropriate substrate and plants, I then discovered this forum. Boy I wish I had before getting corner tank - my aim was to go with a high tech set up but after reading the issues with flow in a corner tank I soon changed my mind.
I kept the Trigon low tech and added a few tetra and for a while I was happy enough. But no more.
Now I have a Fluval Flex 57l which is heavily planted and low tech, currently at day 3. I have no plans to upgrade anything on this, only add shrimp and maybe a betta at a later date. I'll let you know how this goes once the tank is a bit more established.
My aim is to get an EA 900, either the aquascaper or freshwater and go high tech. I prefer the aquascaper, the boss (my wife) prefers the freshwater. Either way I know this is going to be a big investment and so the buy once, buy right is at the forefront of my mind and so I've been looking at canister filters.
The two that caught my eye immediately were the Oase Biomaster 600 with integrated heater and the Fluval FX4. Having done some research, I'm aware that the Oase has some flow issues but could be rectified with a bit of DIY. The FX4 sounds great, but I really don't like the hoses and not sure if there is a way I could adapt it to have clear hoses so that they are less obvious in the aquarium. I've also looked at the Eheim pro's but keep reading that people are having issues with the priming on these.
Can anyone give me any advice on any of these filters? Does anyone have experience with either the Oase 600 or the Fluval FX4? I have a budget of £250 for the filter so perhaps I should be considering another brand. Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.