hi ppl/members have been a fish person for anumber of years gave it away just over 3 yrs and am wanting to get bck into it. i have a large tank holds about 200L use to use underground filters and am interested in getting external one now, have looked at many types i.e. Fluval, Eheim, aqua1 and also some other unknown brands to me like Uni-max and Sera the latter 2 in cambridge. Was wondering if any1 got some suggestions or info for me please much appreciated thnaks all

I recommend Jebo filters. I have 819's on 250L tanks and think they are great. Good price too.

I recommend Fluval but they are more expensive than the rest, look on trademe there are lots and they are cheap to.

i second that "fluvals" are great and value for money .... i no of one thats been running for 8 odd years and never had to replace anything other than media..... now thats getting you moneys worth

i run AquaOne and Eheim and both good, of cause Eheim is better but its a lot more expensive.

AquaOne IMO best value for money.

I recommend Fluvals

how quiet r each model it will be in a cabinet if i decide to go with external and how often do u have to change the media and any other info would b nice cheers

I know I can't hear my Fluvals

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Fluvals are silent, eheims are normally silent, another filter is a prime filter- don't know how many people have this type of filter- but this doesn't seem as quiet as the fluval or eheim, but has been running in my room with no hassles or sleepless nights, and now I'm selling it with a tank. I don't recommend cheaper models as in experience these can turn very noisy.

Good luck on your search

I agree with Fishboi. Fluvals are great, but Aquaone are cheaper and run really well too. I have an Aqua one's on each of my 250L tanks and a Fluval on my 350l tank. All run quietly.

My Fluvals were very quiet when new but got louder as they aged (despite new impellers). They also blocked easily and had to be pulled apart and cleaned every couple of weeks.

My Jebo 819's have been running silently for 8 months now. They are so quiet I have to put my hand on them to feel the vibrations to ensure they are running, the water flow is just as good as it was to start with and I have yet to clean either of them.

my "brand" tank has a hood filtration system as standard, I added a aqua1 CF1000 canister & it is silent, I can hear the standard hood unit but not the canister.