Your Dream Filter system

[imhandy2]

Just so you know, the wet/dry cycles. That means that the canister fills up and then empties out the spray bar, while it is filling it dosn't pump out the spray bar. It's like a wave action every minute or so. My 2227 was tricky to prime and the manual isn't the clearest but once it was it was great. This is thew best price around, Canada that is, J & L Aquatics .
Keep us informed as to what you get.

Terry.

 

[emergent]

Ok I am now down to just two filters to decide between. The 2227/29 or the Magnum Bio Pro. Has anyone used the Marineland Magnum? Clearly plenty of people have used to 2227 and many people use the Penguin. Has anyone used the canister filters by Marineland. Surely someone has.

 

[cedwards]

I have the Magnum 350 Pro on my 55 gallon tank. I've used this for years and have been very happy with it. The bio-wheel works great. I've been in the habit of using the micron water-polishing filter for 24 hours after every water change. Otherwise I have the media container filled with activated carbon, which I've been reading a lot about and it may not be necessary. I also have a bag of aragonite in there since my tap water has next to no Kh. People seem to complain a lot about priming canisters after cleaning them, but this one is great, I've never had any problems. It is often a bit noisy after cleaning and reassembling it, but that usually settles down after a day or so. I just set this tank up in my new house and ran the hoses through the wall into a utility room so the canister isn't in the room with the aquarium. Now the only thing I hear is the water dripping from the biowheel. All in all, I like this filter.

 

[mox]

pbecot01 knows whats up. He's probably refering to a DIY situation? You can buy all that stuff of course, nice acrylic sump tanks and such. But I would get the tank drilled, spend the money on making the cabnet to sit it on with doors underneath and go nuts with a sump and homebrew filtration underneath... wait, what I would do? What I did so I should say

 

[emergent]

I have been leaning towards the Magnum Pro 350 just because it also has the bio wheel feature. Perhaps that is the one I'll get but I am going to physically llok at both of them in person so I can visualize how they each work.