candymancan
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My discus tank, is my 44g pentagon.. currently they are only 2-3 inches one is about 4 inches.. I have 26-27 neon cardinals, and 6 black neons, and 2 cory and 2 rubbernose plecos.. Tank is fairly heavily stocked if you go by fish numbers.. but the neons are smaller then half an inch so I doubt they contribute too much..
I feed 2-3 times a day.. and change the water every 2 days and gravel vac.. I currently have 2 top fin (pets mart brand) internal 40 filters..
watch that video if you UK people don't know what that is.. Its actually a great filter.. I got 2 because I have top fins 10 and 20g versions in other tanks and they are quietest filters I have ever used... The 40g has a bio media chamber can fit about a soda can size amount of media in it.. and I replaced the spongy filters with polishing pads and each one has a 100ml bag of purigen..
However the filters.. are well kinda unsightly.. take up room in the tank.. I have had em in there long enough to not notice them anymore but still.. and I don't think they are up to handeling the bio load my tank puts out.. I want a canister filter.. I have got 700$ on me.. (obviously don't want to blow 700$).. I was looking on brands like sunsun/aquatop/pingkay and those filters are identical... rebranded filters... a lot of people who use them say they last a year and that's about it..
Fluval.. eh kinda expensive and the fluval fx6 is much too wide... and well $400 is too much money..
So I was looking at eheim classics.. the 2217 or 2215.. but for my tank bio load maybe the 2215 isn't enough ? What do you guys think ? I know eheims are also made in china and have been for years.. I have had local stores claim they don't sell them anymore because the quality is crap..
So I mean really.. all canisters are made in china it seems. My tank stand door is only 9 inches wide too.. so I cant have a massively wide canister
I feed 2-3 times a day.. and change the water every 2 days and gravel vac.. I currently have 2 top fin (pets mart brand) internal 40 filters..
watch that video if you UK people don't know what that is.. Its actually a great filter.. I got 2 because I have top fins 10 and 20g versions in other tanks and they are quietest filters I have ever used... The 40g has a bio media chamber can fit about a soda can size amount of media in it.. and I replaced the spongy filters with polishing pads and each one has a 100ml bag of purigen..
However the filters.. are well kinda unsightly.. take up room in the tank.. I have had em in there long enough to not notice them anymore but still.. and I don't think they are up to handeling the bio load my tank puts out.. I want a canister filter.. I have got 700$ on me.. (obviously don't want to blow 700$).. I was looking on brands like sunsun/aquatop/pingkay and those filters are identical... rebranded filters... a lot of people who use them say they last a year and that's about it..
Fluval.. eh kinda expensive and the fluval fx6 is much too wide... and well $400 is too much money..
So I was looking at eheim classics.. the 2217 or 2215.. but for my tank bio load maybe the 2215 isn't enough ? What do you guys think ? I know eheims are also made in china and have been for years.. I have had local stores claim they don't sell them anymore because the quality is crap..
So I mean really.. all canisters are made in china it seems. My tank stand door is only 9 inches wide too.. so I cant have a massively wide canister