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Well my new filter has arrived, unwrapped and ready to go. couple of questions: 1/ all i have is the ADA in there and manzi wood. Should I fill it and start cycling even though there are no plants, probably just the moss tied to some wire mesh. I was going to this for a month until westy gets...

Thats what I thought:) ill only be using 24w max so should do until i decide to go HC mad:) and as its going to be mostly moss - should be adequate. It was a good deal to... i thought..all media included £199, free delivery, next day. That money saved is going to be for some glassware. so...

Well I just bought an ehiem 2171 - 950lph. The idea behind this is that I will be able to move it onto my nano 30l in the future, and get a bigger thermo filter when one comes out. George thanks for all the advice, i will still get the flow using a pump but thats only short term. Also Im sure...

Nice one george its not that bad but I must admit I'm probably being a bit anal about this. only because it's in my room. I want to keep it as un cluttered as possible in the long term. For my nano I learned the hard way.... £££ lol buying things based on old tank theory. So now I'm more up to...

now i really dont know what to do :( This new filter is going NEXT to a cabinet not in it. A new problem which I over looked was the hight of these things. I dont think i would be able to put the external hydor 300w heater on there because its to big. What i mean is the eheim for example is...

Well it was just a thought lol £420 with no media so the G6 is way cheaper... I never thought buying a filter would trouble me this much! ha, so George you use a Fluval G6 on your 60l, I just looked at one for the first time and thought it was a fax/printer and scanner lol. is it just a toss...

nice one matt im going to take the plunge and get the 2074, flow is strong, comes with media , next day delivery. HOWEvER if you say MORE POWER how about the 2178- built in heater and 1800lph flow!! or am i just being bonkers as its £420.gulp!.

george thanks for clearing up some of my queries. I knew I had read 20x is what you should be aiming for especially in a heavily planted tank... so im not turning mad thats a relief. So im going to go for a high turnover, if its to much ill turn it down, better than not having enough turnover...

I have a 60l tank, and with everything ive read it tells me i need 20x turnover. I was looking at the eheim 2074- 1500lph but the guy on the phone said it would be too much and that it may cause problems: 1/ back pressure - having told me its really powerful he said i may end up turning it...

I use the eheim one, but it was rubbish. I found the thin wire a bit weak and annoying to push around the u bend of my lily pipes. I found an old wire, cut the plug off, then with the wire inside I managed quite easily to put the eheim brushes on the end.

Well I would get the new 2178 but I'm not that fused about plugging it in to a pc... I have a mac aswell so it would work anyway. I was hoping to get at 20x turnover or there abouts. Clive always goes on about flow, and I'm seeing big difference in my nano with the korolia added. I would...

I'm in the hunt for a new filter for a 60l tank which will be for shrimp. I've been look at eheims only because I want a build in heater so the thermo is the way to go for me. The 20 range goes: 2073 2075 2078 2080 The 21 ( thermo range ) goes : 2173 .... 2178 2180 I was wondering if...

I have a dennerle cube as well, I struggled with their filter for a year as I was reluctant on getting an external filter as I don't really have space. In the end I had enough, water didn't stay clean that long and the flow was poor. Bite the bullet and get an ecco pro 130 or next size up...

Thanks guys really appricate that. I've had a look at both tgm and eBay links and decided the tgm ones were a bit expensive... Especially with my luck I'd prob break them on opening like I did with my diffuser! I decided to get both sizes to save on packing as Im thinking of getting a 60cm tank...

Well I'm about to get my first external filter tomorrow an ehiem ecco 200 for my 30l nano cube. I've looked at the 13mm lily pipes avaliable and they seem they might be quite intrusive. Most measurements suggest it would stick out 6-7 inches which is half the width/depth of my tank. There are...

Hi thanks for this info Chris really is very useful. Can i ask what polishing pads and floss are used for? If I did get the pro 130, would it work if I put it behind the tank or does it have to go low? And to throw a curve ball in the mix have you heard anything on the dennerle external nano...

Thanks peter this is the type of thing you cant read on the box and if you do its hard to believe. I heard of the guy in the shop the the ehiems are pretty silent so i know it will be one of theirs. If you think yours is under-powered then i may have to rethink my space and go for the next size...

Hi the time has final come for me to upgrade. I have a 30l denerale nano tank 30x30x35 and im currently using a Fluval 1 Plus Internal Filter . It says it does 200 so imagine it does half of that. I absolutely hate the heater, filter and even the co2 in the tank! What i want out the the filter...