henward Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 just got my second fx5! woo hoo i love them they are such effective filters! i found out what the difference is with fluvals, eheims versus chinese knock off the difference is when you buy a fluval or eheim or reputable brands, there is more care in making the fittings inside fit. Baskets and things fit SNUG, meaning leak of water is less. so water is directed exactly where it goes. cheap ones dont fit right, meaning that water just seeps everywhere, so from entering the filter, it just randomly goes to the outlet with out going through media and stuff. the problem here is that, per say there is a 5ml gap between baskets... i hvae a cheap nasty one and it has this between two baskets, 10% of the water passes through this gap and doesnt go through any media meaning if you multiply by 4 or 5 baskets, you have so much water not passing through. hence filtration is not as good so the mere act of taking water and passing it through a canister... just isnt enough ok, anyways i just love fx5s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Yep, buying quality pays for itself in the long run. Good move Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 bought a canister for $100 but really the quality is so bad! the fittings snapped cos i moved the filter and its so crap it coudlnt handled it. fx5 fit so well, and the fact that the water shoots up more than a meter into the air when on:D you know that pump is designed for going the hard yards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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