Professional Canister Filters

Eheim - Professional Canister Filters

I have added an Eheim 2229 wet/dry filter to my 640 L tank and it has been running for just over 6 weeks now. It is a fantastic filter. Had a few issues with the canister filling up again, which was due to the pre-filter foam being soiled. That has now been removed as the filter is mature. It runs alongside a Rena XP3, and keeps my water crystal clear. There are 31 fish in total in the tank including 3 Plecos and 2 large Tinfoil Barbs. The water quality is fantastic and the biological filtration that it provides for this level of stock is good. The only thing I feel is that it needs to be run in conjuction with a mechanical filter. Other than that it is good. People say they are expensive, but shopping around on the net proved vital. Priming is straightforward and cleaning every 4 to 6 months. The media can be expensive, but with the need to change one of the 3 baskets at these intervals it works out well. Highly recommended.

I own an Ehiem 2226 and I am very pleased. It is extreamly quiet, easy to remove/replace media and conserves a lot of power. I rinse the coarse filter pad once a month and change it every three months. I change the fine filter media every month along with rinsing out the canister and EFMech. Very easy step by step. The only things that I don't really like is the priming process (have to use your mouth here) and the main seal leaks when you open the inlet valve all the way. Maybe there's a way to fix it, but I'm not sure. Also, the Pro II series has a new priming button - I would buy that model if I could do it again. I also recommend a bio-wheel running in conjuction. With those two I believe you'll have a bullet proof filtration system for any average sized tank.

I had an Eheim professional wet and dry filter on a 240 litre tank for a year or two and I would never buy one again. There were two problems: after a couple of months of perfect use, the wet/dry operation kept failing and the filter would revert to wet only. I would end up dismantling the filter, cleaning all the parts to get it going again, only to have it fail a few days or a couple of weeks later. Secondly, it leaked. The pipework for the wet/dry aspect made use of an o-ring seal that didn't seem to be tight enough with the plastic fittings which wore over time and the filter leaked on more than one occasion. Personally I would stick to the normal professional Eheim filters or go for a different make (why don't they provide a priming feature?).

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