does any one know how much canister filters are??

like ehiem
fluval
tetra tech
for a 250liter aqaurium

 

Contact Altum for the best advice before u buy anything.
I bought a cannister 2 years ago from local petshop just under R1000

 

Eheim is the most expensive. But it's because they are brilliant filters. Quality comes with a price tag.
The Fluvals are also well pricey, but they are also very good filters. Not sure of pricing.
Tetra Tech is probably the cheaper of the 3 makes, but from what I've heard, they are also really good filters.

My money would go to the Eheim. Any day of the week. For a 250L tank you could go with the Eheim Classic 2217. It's a great filter and it is the cheaper of the eheims. Still their best design. Shouldn't cost more than R1500.

 

Thats a pretty open ended question. For what size tank? I have eheims here that start at like R1300 right up to R7000..... but then they vary from 100L tanks to 2000L tanks....

 

Ah i need to stop speed reading! For a 250L i would go for the 2217 like @Sean J said. I have a few of them and they havent given me a seconds problem.

 

Also, look at the Dolphin series....you can get them from R600 to R1200.... see models below:

http://www.kwzone.com/products/links/canister%20filter.htm

 

@OscaCT unfortunately you cant compair Dolphin filters to Fluval and Eheim. @dylan woodhouse - where are you based? Perhaps contact one of your local sponsors?

 

Henk, I do agree, but they are good value for money and at the end of the day, they get the job done.

The people having them also does not seem to complain

 

I have had Dolphin filters and I agree that they do get the job done, but when it comes to specialist tanks where water quality is of utmost importance then they fall a bit short due to the fact that the dolphin filters have a lot of the water flow going past the baskets around the edges where the other filters mentioned have better more tight fit designs.

 

@Double-D Good point...I haven't noticed that. I will take my one apart and see if I can DIY it to decrease those tolerances... I think a piece of nitrile would do the job just fine.

 

ya i think ehiem

 

Gents, FYI, Have a look at the website below:

http://www.canister-filter.net/

Take note that the CASCADE series is identical to the DOLPHIN series

 

Also, another good read:

http://blog.petsolutions.com/blog/2...mparison-chart-for-aquarium-canister-filters/

 

I use a sunsun canister filter, for the price they are very good filters.

 

Baby steps you have a filter in the tank just improve it by adding better filtration media like seachem purigen and some ceramic rings with nitrate pads ? ,Then safe up for a big one,And with the bucks you saved you can get a nice plant to hide the filter
My 2 cents