Hello to all...Alan here from Miami,Florida...New to this forum.I've looked at some of the pic's here and you folks have some very nice fish tanks setup. I just setup a 55 gal. Have a Penguin bioWheel 350 in it. I was also thinking of adding a canister filter to help with the filtering. I just don't know which one to get.I know I must provide plenty of hiding places. What kind of heater should I add and at what temperature?I look forward to getting toknow you guys and gals individually and I look forward to seeing more beautiful pics as well as posting my pics as I go along.Have a good day.Alan

welcome to ACF!

Hey Alan, welcome to ACF!

I think it's a great idea to add additional filtration.
What are you planning on keeping in there?

Hey MiamiCichlid, welcome to ACF!!

For heaters, I like Visitherm, and for a 55 gallon you'd be looking in the 150-200 Watt range.

Set the temperature around 78 Deg.

Fluval makes a good canister filter, but there are also many others out there that are decent too.

welcome to the forum, lots of good info around, filters are like cars everyone has different favorites.

Thanks go out to everyone that answered for the help. We plan on keeping a community tank with different species. As I get a little more familiar with them, I plan on starting to try and breed them.Mainly the Malawi cichlids as they are my favorites....