Eheim Pro 3 2075 Question - not polishing the water

[Clyde]

The tank looked great yesterday, but today the tank had too many particles floating around.

I purchased an Eheim pro 3 2075 a few months ago for my 110 gal African cichlid tank. I have a wet/dry filter also, so the Eheim is just to polish the water. I stated using the standard set up, 4 baskets of media, a coarse blue filter pad and a white fine filter pad. The replacement filters were expensive and I wasn't impressed with the results, so I pulled some of the media and used filter floss instead of the fine pad. I have a 2217 that seems to be doing a better job in my 125g.

Any recommendations are welcome.

Should be shopping for a new filter?

[AhKwaB]

Eheim classic models are hard to beat.

With the Pro there is still room for the doodoo stuff to pass through unless you run the filter padding on each basket.

[cu0ngsayz]

Eheim classic models are hard to beat.

With the Pro there is still room for the doodoo stuff to pass through unless you run the filter padding on each basket.

that what i do on my 2228 and it works great

[Clyde]

I just cleaned the filter and added floss to each basket. I will let you know tomorrow.

Thanks for the recommendation. The filter really needed cleaned, and I stuck a note with today's date.

[Totenkampf]

while the top prefilter setup on the pro II is cool it doesnt leave a lot of coarse fiilter pad available so you have to clean it more. when i am running a single eheim pro type filter, i will run coarse pads at each tray as described above. i have started using the eheim pros as bio filters only now and adding magnum 350s for mech / polishing

[Clyde]

The tank looks much better, but still not spotless. Time for an upgrade, I am thinking about an FX5, maybe selling the 2075 soon. My first move is to order replacement filters, then search the sale posts.

[Clyde]

Update:
On the 110 gal with the 2075 and 2217, have Purigen. Another change was to plug the two filters into a separate circuit, should help with power outages on restart.

One the 125gal (used to have the 2217), has a FX5 with Purigen.

Both tanks look great and the fish even seem to look better. Thank everyone for the advice, hopefully, maintenance will be low.

Steve