rudy1964;4820065; said:
People like your self keep comparing fx5 with almost every eheim model 2262/2260/2080/2217, there is a lot more models to compare if you want.
I never compared the Fx5 to the 2217. I never said the Fx5 was better.
As for misinformation, i said it clear 2217 holds 6 liters of media,
I now understand you were intentionally talking about the entire canister. I didn't see the word "entire" in the other posters post.
Now you keep pushing your fx5, and i'm glad you like it; and think its the best thing ever made, but you have to be honest and true when you make statement not knowing what you have, what i mean, in another tread comparing fx5 with 2262 you said fx5 holds 10 litres of biomedia, if you get 2 fx5 thats 20 at 1200gph, i don't know where did you get that.
I don't "push" the Fx5, I let others know the pros, cons and my review of it. Re-Read that thread carefully and you will understand. Let me just jump you past it and take you here...
http://stoneteknh.com/fx5/internalmod.html
The classics been around for a very long time, if i were to compare them with the fluval i will compare them with the 3 series,
3 series are cheap, economical filters, can't compare them with the ehiem line.
but were are those filters today,
Many are still in use. Now there is the 4 series.
then came the pros, we can compare them with the 4 series, was the verdict on that, and if you want to compare the fx5 with eheim maybe with the 2080 will be a much fair battle.
It wouldn't be fair, the Fx5 has much more flow than the 2080.
The classic are on a league of their own, specially the 3 big ones, the fact that you can interchange pumps, hold a lot of media, no other canister has that.
Screw the interchangable pumps, its all marketing. The 2262 may hold more media which is perfectly fine, ehiem is smart in that sense and makes them very durable, but their "900 gph" pump still will only put out less than 600 gph. One thread it only put out just over 300 gph.
I could careless who gets what filter. They need facts to make a proper decision.
I only posted earlier to correct some information which some of posted regarding the fx5. I figure that's fair considering I know a lot about it. I won't ever say its the most durable, reliable filter, and its in the same ball park as eheim, in fact, take a look at what I wrote, I believe I said the fx5 has not been around long enough for that assessment.
"People Like Me" would like to get the right information out. Which is why I added the Fx5s real flow in my sig since the 900 gph is just marketing and it will NEVER touch that no matter what you do to it. Same with the 2262.
