Size of Eheim 2213

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lousybreed

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I am thinking about buying one of these, went to the website and to say the least it was not very informative.....

I wanna know approx how big is this thing? Is there a container I can put some peat in? Will it be big enough for a 29 gallon with cardinals and pencil fish????????
 

lousybreed

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A little more behind my tank. I am going to have a planted tank so I want to minimize surface agitation. It is in my office so I want it to be quiet. I am also looking at canister filters from Hydor, Penn-Plax and RENA. I am up in the air on this so if you have any info let me know!
 

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It should be ok on 29g.. I used to run my 2213 on 33g for a while and it worked fine for me, although that tank was not heavily stocked. I know this is my own rule, but I go with half the size of the tank the manufacturer recommend. In this case, 2213 is good for 65g according to Eheim so for 29g it should be ok.

You can control the flow by either using the spray bar as is or drill more holes.

2213 is really quiet by the way. You won't have complaints about the noise.
 

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Here is a link of a person selling it on ebay. He/she has pictures of the filter taken apart.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Eheim-Classic-Aquarium-Canister-Filter-66-gal-2213-AB_W0QQitemZ120385227706QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item120385227706&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

If you buy the filter in a kit, bigals lists the stuff it comes with if you click the 'Media' button.
http://www.bigalsonline.com/StoreCa...213__plus_kit?&query=2213&queryType=0&offset=

By looking at the list of media, I assume it can hold a total of 3-4 liters of whatever you would like to customize it with.
 

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I never actually tried to measure it, but just looking at the container size of 2213, I would say it is larger than 2L bottle in volume. It is definitely fatter than your soft drink 2L bottle.
 

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Attached is a comparative chart for various makes and sizes of canister filters. The 2213 is 3 lit media capacity and is recommended as per the chart up tp 55g. I have selected a 2217 for a 100g tank as per the chart for my planted tank and it seems to be doing fine. Sorry could not attach the .xls file. An error message "invalid file" is displayed. The details are as under
Flow 116 gph
Filter height 13 1/4"
Filter height 7"
Media capacity 3 lit
For tanks up to 55g
Inlet hose 12 mm
Outlet hose 12 mm
Watts 8

Hope this helps
Maninder
 
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