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Posted	external filters
19-06-2007 18:46 by kathgoody	hi, can anyone tell me which are the best external filters to use for my discus tank ,i have a fluval external on my other tank but the buzzing drives me crackers,i have heard that eheim are good
19-06-2007 18:52 by alan.f	hi kath,how old is the noisy filter? it probably needs a new impeller
19-06-2007 19:02 by kathgoody	Hi ALAN, IT IS ONLY THREE MONTHS OLD ,BOUGHT IT FROM EBAY
19-06-2007 19:28 by telboy	have ya tried giving it a shake as sometimes ya get air trapped in em
19-06-2007 19:33 by perky	Or you could give it to telboy....
19-06-2007 20:03 by p1nky
19-06-2007 21:02 by robert.pope	they may sound loud if the strainer becomes blocked.....the mesh bit within the tank what model fluval is it?
19-06-2007 22:37 by Elmo	eheim are good i use one on my discus tank but i also use the juwel internal aswell to make the filteration even better. get one with self priming as this does help
19-06-2007 22:44 by perky	Pinky ive been looking for you where have you been..
20-06-2007 00:56 by kathgoody	Hi all yes i have tried shaking it ,and it is a model 105
20-06-2007 09:28 by big cats	i have a fluval 304 and 404 the 304 is noisier than the 404 if you ran the filter with an air bubble the impellor could be goosed, however i have an aqua one cf 1000 and its way quieter than either of my fluvals and it needs cleaned less often parts nowadays should be easy to get,many fishkeepers will guide you to eheim because they have twenty year old eheim that still works but in my opinion they are not what they used to be
20-06-2007 09:29 by big cats	sorry about the total lack of punctuation ,its a bit early
20-06-2007 10:06 by Alan	Avoid fluvals they are unreliable which you have not yet experienced (flooded lounge, nearly wiped out a marine tank) and noisy. Eheim are better engineered I haven't tried the other canisters on the market but I would want to see them running before commiting to a purchase so have a shop around and see what display tanks in shops are running on but avoid fluvals like the plague there cr@p.
20-06-2007 13:00 by p1nky	lol @ big cats and abit early @ 9.28. And have to agree with Alan. Eheim every time. Pinky i was waiting for you, were ya been babe
20-06-2007 13:00 by p1nky	oppsssss i meant perky, i'm p1nky
20-06-2007 13:28 by telboy	ya fool, dont ya know who ya are? mmmmmmi fancy a bacon sarni with lettuce, tomatoes + loadsa brown sauce
20-06-2007 14:31 by p1nky	i forget fgs, never did like the blt personally. I find i'm allergic to anything with bacon in i could go a truffle though mmmmmmm
20-06-2007 14:47 by bluboy	tetratec externals are great. theyre easy to use, reliable, have loads of media and you can get them dead cheap from www.zooplus.co.uk. ive heard eheim are very good but never used one hth
21-06-2007 11:30 by nemo1000	i have a tetratec and i am very impressed by it i useto use aqua pros and fluvals but the tetra tec are a lot easer eheim are to expencive aqua pros are based on eheims and are ver goog value for money fluvals can be a pain to get going but the tetra tec all you do is push a button a few times and its off

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