Aquila Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Hi guys, was wondering if anyone else has had any problems with the suction cups actually working on thee filters. I got one recently, fairly new, off a friend and the bloody thing won't stick to the glass. The suction cups look like they are in good nick so I don't know what their problem is. Its a bigger size then the old little one i had and that one stuck like there was no tomorrow but this new one just won't. Similarily my friend also got one like this recently (even bigger then my new one) and it refuses to stick. It even floated up sporadically on her and started spraying water everywhere... Should I try and replace the cups? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 weird. my old eheim internal is about 6 years old now and doesn't stick cause the suction cups are heard. the newer ones have a different rubber suction cup that should always stick. if its covered under the warranty you'd be able to do a straight swap or get new cups for it depending on who you dealt with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquila Posted May 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Oh ok. Yeah, I didn't buy it new, got it off a friend who also got it off a friend. They are sorta hard...but they look new so I can't really judge how old it is. I will look into replacing them. weird. my old eheim internal is about 6 years old now and doesn't stick cause the suction cups are heard. the newer ones have a different rubber suction cup that should always stick. if its covered under the warranty you'd be able to do a straight swap or get new cups for it depending on who you dealt with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 if its hard, its probably old and was left out of water for a period of time. just pull them out and buy new cups that fit right on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquila Posted May 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Good to know. Yeah, filter looks brand new so its probably been sitting in the box this whole time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 the cups on my new eheim/jager heaters are useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 the suction cups on the Eheim I just sold 'someone' were very good, I would get another of those if needing another powerful filter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 yeah they were great! :lol: I wouldn't consider another internal filter, maybe except the fluval m series. but then for that price id get a cannister instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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