dmolavi
Aquarium Advice Addict
I have a 56 gallon (yes, 56, not 55 ) freshwater tank, currently being filtered by 2 Penguin 200 filters. The water quality is excellent, but the Penguins are noisy, despite replacing impellers, cleaning everything out, getting new units from Marineland, etc. So, I was pondering the thought of moving to a canister filter, but wasn't sure if for my setup and tank size if the 406 would be sufficient, or if the FX5 is *really* really necessary.
I know the whole "better to be overfiltered than underfiltered" bit, but my concern here is the flow rate of the filter. I don't have huge fish, but I don't want the ones I do have feeling like they're salmon swimming up the Niagara Falls
Also, on the note of noise, how quiet are the Fluval canisters? To give you an idea of what my Penguins sound like, here's a video of just one of them. Penguin 200 impeller noise - YouTube
Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I'm not new to fishkeeping, but I am just getting back into it after an 8 year hiatus.
Edit: After looking around the Rena xP3 or xP4 look like they might do a good job as well. Again, any thoughts/suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
I know the whole "better to be overfiltered than underfiltered" bit, but my concern here is the flow rate of the filter. I don't have huge fish, but I don't want the ones I do have feeling like they're salmon swimming up the Niagara Falls
Also, on the note of noise, how quiet are the Fluval canisters? To give you an idea of what my Penguins sound like, here's a video of just one of them. Penguin 200 impeller noise - YouTube
Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I'm not new to fishkeeping, but I am just getting back into it after an 8 year hiatus.
Edit: After looking around the Rena xP3 or xP4 look like they might do a good job as well. Again, any thoughts/suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks in advance.