Ok how many people have broken this fluval part?

[tcarswell]

http://www.aquariumshoppe.com/thestore/prods/A20155.html

The cheasiest part I have ever seen used on a filter I was so gentle with it after my eheim tap valve incident and the thing broke like a damn potato chip.

Ok done venting. I broke the part that locks in one side. I kind of put it back the way it was sitting and hooked up the filter... Am I in danger doing this?


Seriously some of this aquarium parts are so easy to break and its so damn irritating

 

[tcarswell]

Replaced it today.... Seriously this part must be a prime example of planned obsolescence

Anyone else break it ?

 

[Jgray152]

one of the clips on mine broke. But that was after it was 12 years old.

 

[FSM]

I vaguely remember reading about some other people breaking them. I've got two 404s, mine are still intact but I don't take that piece off very often.

 

[puntoturbo]

Yea! my impeller cover clips broke on my 405 so i got a new part,i open up the 405 for cleaning a few weeks later and saw that the clip had broken by its self... AGAIN!! Then my 405 started leaking ALOT all of a sudden.I got rid of the filter a few weeks ago,the only fluval i like is the fx5...the 405 sucks! Im replacing the 405 with a Rena XP4.

 

[johns]

I have 3 404's and 1 405. 2 are in a box of misc parts 2 are running one in a bucket because it keeps leaking. I have 3 fx5's love those! 404, 405 will never own another!

 

[tcarswell]

Getting discouraged here... I got an eheim 2215 as a backup should it fail. But most likely I would just add another AC110 in the fluvals place. But it works well... For now....

 

[armac]

You posted about eheim parts earlier giving you problems, you seem to have lots of problems

 

[OnceLoyal]

You posted about eheim parts earlier giving you problems, you seem to have lots of problems

Mr. Positive steps in!!!!


Tcar I run 2 404s and I don't think I ever even touched that part. Sorry to hear about your issues. My 404 are kind of temp filters on temp tanks though. I don't really do much maint. on them except for media changes and what not.

 

[Geoey]

Ha ha ha i laughed so hard when i saw this thread i am one of the statistics straight out of the box i broke a clip off the side the filter ran without it forever tho.