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"CanadianCray" wrote:

Eheims are great filter. A little no a lot over priced though. Fluvals have
had their ups & downs over the years. I always seemed to get the downs......
I personally love the Rena Filstar XP series. They are great BANG for your
BUCK filters. Real workhorses that do a great job & are VERY easy to clean.



Thanks for the replies everyone,

The Rena XP2 looks like it may be the ticket. Is it quiet? I like the
micro filter included for polishing. That could be helpful. I have a
bunch of Eheim bio media (Efimech?) leftover that I can use with it as
well. I've been looking at my Eheim and am wondering if I can fix it
though? It's leaking bad when I turn it on but I don't see any cracks
in the canister. It worked fine before I took it apart to clean it.
Maybe I just need some new gaskets. I re-lubed the old gaskets and
still got the leaking. It doesn't seem like the top/pump part wants to
latch down tight enough though and the leaking looks like it is coming
from that seam area or the latches. Does anyone know where I can get
cheap Eheim parts/filters online? If the parts are too expensive maybe
I should just go with a new XP2? My Eheim is about 5-6 years old so a
new filter @ about $80 may be the way to go.

Thanks again for the input to all who have responded,

Scott