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"Koi-Lo" Inane messages in my name by Hipcrime. wrote in
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I heard they've been improved in the last few years. Actually my
Fluval 103 was pretty quiet all things considered. I find the worst
offenders where noise is concerned are airpumps. GEEZE! Even the
so-called quiet ones can be heard if the house is quiet enough at
night.
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We've brought some of the newer models into the store to test recently,
including the fancy FX5. We weren't impressed... they're still using the
same old parts that tend to break that caused us to stop carrying them in
the first place.

I believe Gill bought one for her largest tank a few months ago. She's
happy with it. You probably saw my earlier messages regarding the poor
quality parts on the Fluvals of the recent past. Both disconnect valves on
mine broke, cracked or leaked within a few months and had to be removed.
Then a clip that holds the top on snapped off. The top itself was very
difficult to get back on with that round rubber ring seated right. The
hoses were always coated with a thick coating of slime and no matter how
carefully I pulled the brush through them I had a mess around the sink.
What a PIA,... it now sits in the outbuilding collecting cobwebs. I don't
care for the canisters at all.

The two canister brands I trust are Eheim (biological) and Rena XP
(mechanical). Tetra makes some good pond canisters too.

I think I'll stick to the HOB filters. I read about the pond canisters. I
just have the Tetra regular barrel filters on the 2 biggest ponds (plus UV
lights when I need them) and home-made filters on the 680g and 150g pools
and tanks behind the house.
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Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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