New to the hobby and looking for canister filter suggestions.

[MaryStephens]

Hello everyone. I'm in the process of doing a lot research on discus, and planning my aquarium. I have 55 gallon tank and plan on a bare bottom set up with rocks and driftwood.
I was hoping to get some advice on a good canister filter set up. I was looking at the Eheim Prof. 3 XLT with the built in heater, but have been reading some negative reviews. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[Ryan925]

Hello everyone. I'm in the process of doing a lot research on discus, and planning my aquarium. I have 55 gallon tank and plan on a bare bottom set up with rocks and driftwood.
I was hoping to get some advice on a good canister filter set up. I was looking at the Eheim Prof. 3 XLT with the built in heater, but have been reading some negative reviews. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I have the eheim pro 4+ 600 on my 75 and love it. I can't speak about the one with the integrated heater but I can only imagine it could be an expensive potential problem.

The pro4+ imo is a great filter although I will be switching to a sump soon

I would definitely recommend using the eheim prefilter on the intake.

[Kyla]

i ran 2 filstar xps on my 80 gal with inline hydor heaters which i liked. the filstars were great filters,
easy to take apart and clean. they were my fav smaller canisters.

[MaryStephens]

What do you guys think of the fluval 406?

[rickztahone]

i ran 2 filstar xps on my 80 gal with inline hydor heaters which i liked. the filstars were great filters,
easy to take apart and clean. they were my fav smaller canisters.

I've always loved my filstar's

[Ryan925]

What do you guys think of the fluval 406?

I won't say anything bad about fluval but after having a fluval then switching to eheim I was much more impressed with the eheim

[DatDiscusDude]

For a tank that size I would go w a hob. Just way easier to maintain and will do just as well. MAybe add a sponge filter somewhere much cheaper and in my opinion less pain. I prefer sumps. But if not I just love the ease off quickly maintaining an hob

[Kyla]

i have used fluval 300 and 400 series, but not the 406 specifically.
i really did not like opening the lid of the canister. maybe they have changed the design? i dont know, but i stopped buying them because of the lid and how hard it was to open. they filtered well tho.

[jim LI]

i use eheim 2217s for years, no complaints.

[nikolyator]

it's very good, except of impeller cover. they are so fragile. you're gonna change them once or twice per year. from my practice.

[Kyla]

yes i forgot about the impeller covers... i had to replace every one. i am still running an older fluval on a tank in the community, and its new impeller cover is cracked again :/ and i am very gentle with them...