Which Eheim for the job?

[Aquarianna7891]

Good Afternoon-

In the near future, I am going to set up a 55 gal planted tank. I've decided, from all the accolades that I've found on this site, to use an eheim filter on it.

However, I've seen countless posts comparing them with other brands, but not with the different models that Eheim offers.

Can someone please explain to me the differences between the ecco, professional, professional II, regular, thermofilter, and any other models I've not listed? Furthermore, which would be the best for my tank-to-be?

Thanks a bunch- and Happy 4th of July!

Anna

 

[Dr. Fishkill]

the biggest baddest you can afford.

myself i would get the 500gph model

 

[madhippoz]

The different product lines of Eheim mostly are just for different ranges of tank size. Ecco being the smallest, Professional being mid-size, and Pro II being the largest. The only difference with the Thermo ones is that the heater is built into the filter, meaning you may not need a seperate heater for your tank, the filter will heat it for you. Hmmm now for a 55gal tank the 2224 Professional Canister would work well. Its a good filter, I got it running on my planted 34gal tank (overkill I know, but it was on SALE!).

Check out the site it lists all the filters with volume sizes they cover:
http://www.eheim.com/
To convert Litres divide them by 3.8 and that will tell you how many US gallons.

Oh, also there is a newer line called Liberty which are the Eheim line of HOB(hang on back) filters. One of those might suit your needs as well.