Filter Recommendations?

[stellabella]

I have a 30 gallon tank with two fancy goldfish. I’m currently using a National Geographic HOB filter and I love it. My issue is that according to the sales person at Petsmart, the National Geographic brand no longer makes the filters as they weren’t selling enough.
So I’m looking for recommendations for a simple HOB filter if/when I have to replace the one I’m using now. I don’t need any bells and whistles and I don’t want to have to dismantle a bunch of parts when I clean the filter. Suggestions?

 

[appcontrol]

Trust me I went from sponge and internal filters to external canister filter fluval 206 and I would never ever go back to anything else it's easy to clean, no water spills, you need to clean it less often (some people clean it like once in six moths depending on stock) so I would recommend fluval canister on any day.

 

[Mick Frost]

If you like it, keep it. Youll need to remove the carbon eventually, but all you really need back there is biological media (and some polywool if you like clear water).
If you do have to replace it due to a crack or a motor snafu, AquaClear is what I recommend for a HOB.