My 55L Hexagonal Tank

[buballo]

Hi all,
I have a 55 Litre hexagonal tank and am tossing up my options for a freshwater tank filter.

My preference is to use a canister filter eg eheim 2213. The reasons for this are:

1. The HOB filters dont look good as I want the filter concealed
2. Internal filters take oo much room internally.

Is there any reason why a canister filter such as the above would not be suitable. If there are any alternatives please suggest.

Thanks,
buballo

 

[JDogg]

sounds good to me

 

[Zagz]

I would use a cannister on that tank myself.

 

[buballo]

Thanks guys,
My main concern was that because of the capacity of the canister I may be causing too muach turbulance for the fish.

Thanks

 

[SCFatz]

I have the rena xp3 on my 55t hex and I have to throttle back on the discharge a bit the keep the flow down a bit.Using the spray bar helps with disapation as well.

 

[verucaproduce]

55 litres is about 15 gallons?

 

[JustOneMore20]

55 litres is about 15 gallons?

Yes....so I suggest using a smallish canister.

 

[buballo]

55 litres is about 15 gallons?

Yes....so I suggest using a smallish canister.

I think the eheim 2213 does 115gph at a head of over 4 foot. This is the smoallest eheim available i think.

 

[rich311k]

I think that filter would do a great job. Just don't plan on long finned poor swimming fish.