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I have the Eheim 2229 runing on my 150 and the 2026 ProII running on my 55.  I love them!  The quick connects/disconnects are a breeze and spillproof.  The Magnum 350's that I run on both tanks are a great filter also and a lot less expensive.  The Magnums are very user friendly and do an excellent job.  The only qualm I have about the Magnum canisters is the gush of water I get when I disconnect them and the lack of filtration options.  You can only do one of the three but with Eheim you can do the prefilter, mechanical, chemical and biological filtering all in one unit.  True, Filstar and Fluval offer the same choices as Eheim for less money, but the Fluvals I ever used were constantly plagued with problems, maybe the newer line is better.  And I have never used the Filstar, but have heard nothing but good about them.  Why did I choose Eheim........because of the name and their reputation for a good, quality, long lasting filter.  Why did I choose The Magnum 350......because I was looking for something relatively maintenance free that I could go purely biological with.