That is basically what I use in canister (the Cascade 1000). I have 3 buckets, the first one has a corse filter about 2in thick and then I add filter floss on top. The 2nd has cylindrical ceramic porous biomedia and another filter floss. The 3rd has solid ceramic biomedia (different brand cause it's what I had around) and filter floss.
I clean the filter about once a month by thouroughly but not completely rinsing the coarse filter media, lightly rinsing the ceramic media and replacing the filter floss.
The ceramic media will give you all the surface area you need and the biowheel will make it more dificult to keep any CO2 you might try to use.
I am sure you will get other opinions so do some research and find one that fits you and what you would like. I have heard that the eheims need much less maintenance but they are also much more expensive. I got my filter for 70.00 amd knock on wood it's been going strong for a year.
I clean the filter about once a month by thouroughly but not completely rinsing the coarse filter media, lightly rinsing the ceramic media and replacing the filter floss.
The ceramic media will give you all the surface area you need and the biowheel will make it more dificult to keep any CO2 you might try to use.
I am sure you will get other opinions so do some research and find one that fits you and what you would like. I have heard that the eheims need much less maintenance but they are also much more expensive. I got my filter for 70.00 amd knock on wood it's been going strong for a year.