Eheim 2028 reliability

"Dan J.S." wrote in message
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Ok, so I am also looking at the Eheim 2028 to replace my leaking
Fluvals. I
will run one emperor 400 and one Eheim 2028 on a 150 gallon tank. Are
Eheims
reliable in terms of NOT leaking? I noticed some problems with older
models
(from searching google news). Thanks!

Dan



I do not know about Eheims since I never owned one. I do know a lot
about Emperors. I use 3 on my 150 gallon tank, one in each section. I
also run a Fluval 404 and so far no leaks....but it has heaped out
before. Suddenly the impellor broke into pieces while it was running
one day. The plastic had wore down inside it until it failed. All in 1
1/2 years......and I was leaving on vacation for 3 weeks. So I just
went and worried about it later. My canister is for floss and pumping
water through a UV filter. I personally cannot get behind relying on
any canister filter for bio filtering. One power outage when your not
looking and your fish get jacked. That will not happen with the
Emperors. No hydrogen sulfide will come out of them.

PS. They make those battery powered airpumps with a power plug, that
when power is out, they turn on. For $10 bucks and a 2 pack of copper
tops thats cheap insurance.....

"Toni" wrote in message news:bu8Sa.109247
You can *very easily* rinse the pre-filter 2-3
times if need be- it just lifts right out.



AArgh...
You can *very easily* rinse the pre-filter 2-3 times A WEEK if need be

-Toni

I've been using eheims for about 15 yeras now (yikes, has it been that
long...). Anyway, I've never had leakage problems. Just folow the directions
for set up, and they're great. In the older units, there was an O ring that
you had to make sure was seated right (not hard, but easy to forget). that
may be where some of the google hits you found came from. Other than that,
I've never had a problem. I used to do animal care at a fairly large
University fish room - 70-80 tanks on average, from 5 gallons to thousands
of gallons, fresh, salt, and brackish, tropical, to arctic. Always used
eheims, never had problems....

--JD


"Dan J.S." wrote in message
...
Ok, so I am also looking at the Eheim 2028 to replace my leaking Fluvals.
I
will run one emperor 400 and one Eheim 2028 on a 150 gallon tank. Are
Eheims
reliable in terms of NOT leaking? I noticed some problems with older
models
(from searching google news). Thanks!

Dan