Moments before spontaneously combusting Jolly Fisherman at
was heard opining:

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 22:33:37 -0600, "Koi-Lo"
wrote:
Thanks,... I've been looking at the Rena's in my mail order
catalogs. Since my 55s also have the larger Aquaclears running on
them I can probably get the XP1. I'm going to see if I can get a
better price than the $69.99 F&S is advertising them for. I had
such a bad experience with the Fluvals I
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That's how I ended up with the XP-3. I was looking at the XP-2 and
thought a little extra $ bought me more power & flexibility that could
be useful. I think the XP2 & 3 are better buys (IMHO). The plumbing
kits has a valve to adjust flow.

There are some minor quibbles about the renas like how they color
coded the plumbing so the intake tube is blue. Replacement parts are
also expensive. Some ppl report they can make some noise initially
before it gets broken in. For some this is trapped air. For others
this is related to the impeller.

Noise can be a problem because at night you can hear a pin drop where I
live. Any noise will keep me awake. My husband can sleep through bombs
exploding........

hesitate to even consider them again, and the Eheims are totally out
of our price range.

You're not alone. I guess if Eheims were the only filters that worked
well & reliably they would basically be a necessary cost of fish
keeping. Here's hoping we aren't forced to take that view down the
line.

I wasn't retired and hubby semi-retired I'd probably go for the Eheims.

I'm going to do some Googling before I make a selection......

As you probably know already, try Froogle & Pricegrabber etc. as well

I'll see what I can find. ;-)
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
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