"George Pontis" wrote in message
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I have a fairly newly setup cichlid tank, and thinking that my filtration
is
marginal.

Twice now I've bought junky filters and regretted it. Now 3 out of my 4
tanks have Eheim canisters. They're easy to clean, easy to set up, and are
pretty much silent. For that tank, the Pro II 2028, rated for 159 gallons,
would be nice. Or 2128 with a built in heater. I put a smaller Pro I on my
newest tank, with the Eheim prefilter, which sits on the bottom. I found a
nice chunk of bogwood which hides it fairly well. They're not cheap, ($159
for the small one (rated 66 gal) ... too lazy to look up the model #), but
well worth it IMO.

The local place where I buy most of my goodies has the 2028 on sale right
now for $199. I don't want it to look like I'm promoting them... I can post
the link to the place here, or email it... whichever. Filter pads are
included, but not the biological filter media or the mechanical
pasta-lookin' filter media. That stuff isn't very cheap either.

I'm not familiar with Fluval... If you get another canister, maybe stack 2
spraybars at one end of the tank and put both intakes on the other end, or
one half way, and the other on the end. I really don't think you can have
too much filtration.

Good luck with whichever way you approach it.

Gary