Fluval 207 External Filter

Product Information

I evaluated each model’s durability mostly through personal experience or that of people I know in real life. Still, evaporation eventually comes into play and you still find yourself enjoying the blessing sounds of Niagara Falls.

Fluval 207 Canister Aquarium Filter | External Filtration

Large pallet items like aquariums are deemed delivered successfully with no damage once the the driver has left the property. If a report of damage is submitted after the driver has left we may be unable to assist with replacements. We recommend refusing a damaged delivery, this is the fastest resolution. The only thing I’d need to do is regularly top off the water in the aquarium. This would occur every 3 to 4 days, depending on the season. In the summer the water would evaporate faster. The canister filter is a bit pricey itself but I am only trying to recommend units that do the best work for their price here. A sound choice for a canister filter for 30 and 40-gallon fish tanks would be the Penn Plax Cascade 700 Series. The Cascade 700 has a flow rate of 185 GPH. This makes it ideal for your 30-gallon fish tank since it will turn its water around 6 times per hour and over 4 times for a 40-gallon one. On my 125-gallon tank where I’m housing my huge Oscars, I run a Fluval FX6 alongside a Penn Plax Cascade 1500 (linked to both in the bullet section above).

Manual

The water in that 125-gallon tank is as transparent as air and the ammonia and nitrite readings are solid zeroes. I used the 2213 model on my 20-gallon tank, and I will give you my personal recommendations for every tank size and setup, but more on that below. Anyway, I don’t recommend turning on the built-in UV sterilizer of the Polar Aurora for more than a couple of hours on the weekend. The UV bulb is strong enough to eat through the plastic if it stays on for longer than that. To replace the filters, start by turning off the power to the unit and disconnecting it from the aquarium. Then, open up the canister lid and remove all of the old filter media. You can dispose of it or save it to use as seed media for new filters (more on that later).

Fluval 207 External Filter - Complete Aquatics

Author’s note: I only have one tank with Oscars and yet, despite the messy creatures in it, it achieves crystal clear water. This is probably the only device on this list with such added kit value (which is not the same as tech features!). Did you notice something in common between all these videos? That’s right, these are all made right after the filter has been set up. So the Fluval 407 would also make sense for a 55-gallon planted tank with A LOT of fish that swim in schools. Vertical Pre-FilterFluval is the only brand to offer a vertical pre-filter orientation, which provides more surface area and better mechanical filtrationHowever, unlike most of their competitors, Fluval was open to change and quite flexible about both their technology as well as filter/tank designing style. I should probably mention that you shouldn’t feel bad if you go with the Chinese-manufactured SunSun or Polar Aurora. That being said, an appropriate choice for a messy 75-gallon tank would be the Fluval FX4 canister filter. Efficient07 filters are big on power, yet small on energy consumption. The 107 and 207 models, for example, draw as little as 10 watts of electrical energy, which is equivalent to a single household LED lightbulb! The FX6 has 560 GPH and the Penn Plax has 350 while both are bulky and provide enough bed for beneficial nitrifying bacteria.