"Harry Muscle" wrote in message
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Thank you for the response. Btw, do you sell other brands of filters,
or
just the Fluvals? Would you happen to have any customer experiences
you
could share about the Filstar filters? To be honest, I'm starting to
think
it's gonna be between Filstar and Fluval for me now instead of Filstar
vs.
Eheim. Btw, how much do you charge for the Fluval 304 and 404?

I carry all the Hagen & Marineland brands. I've no experience with the
Filstar. I can't remember offhand my pricing (and I'm up in Canada), but
what is more important for you is how much you have to pay ;~). I'm told
that the best pricing is on-line, but you want to ensure that you are
getting the latest model of anything.


Thanks,
Harry

P.S. Have you ever had any problems with the 304/404 leaking or heard
of
any customers having this problem? That is my biggest fear with these
filters.

The first release of the 304/404 had a leaking problem which was
corrected before my time. The silly buggers should have renumbered the
series then, but it also looks bad if your model numbers go up for no
'apparent' reason ;~), and I see everyone else making small design
changes without model number changes as well. This makes my job a bit
harder, " was that the one with the pink impeller or the white impeller?"
Being a bit of a sceptic, it took many months of water-tight running
Fluvals of every model before I was confident enough to recommend them,
but now I'm satisfied. In a year of sales, I've had 2 returned, both for
broken handles, which happens when the motor-head is installed backwards
(you need to line up the power cord with the indent for the power cord).
The case is now stamped so you just line up the big letters on the front
of the case, with the letters on the front of the motor head.

The biggest danger with any canister filter is IMO a hose coming loose.
I recently had this occur with an Eheim, but I was right there to fix it
before I lost too much water. This really was my own fault as I had not
re-checked the connections in over a year. Both Eheim & Fluval use
compressive lock nuts which work very well, but it's still a good idea to
check & re-tighten them periodically.

NetMax