Petsmart price error, Eheim 2128 themofilter canister 289.99 (295 w/shipping)

[sick_lid]

can that be toned down to work on a 37g? sounds like it might be overkill, but thats about the same price i was goign to pay for an eheim 2026 w/media.

ever run one of these fx5 with sand? curious if the impeller gets destroyed since its located ont he bottom of the canister.

No reason to bother, dialing it down is just wasting money. Just get something suitable for your 37 like a smaller eheim model.

I run mine with very fine gravel, and just hacked off about 5" or so off of the intake. There's a purge valve at the bottom you can run a hose too and wash out any sand that might get in there. As long as you don't have anything that is kicking up a lot of sand, you should be ok. You can always put something over the intake as well, and just make sure to keep it cleaned off.

 

[Toby_H]

ok just called lfs and asked the owner, he said he sells a lot of his equipment at his wholesale, he makes his money off the fish and tanks and doing in-home set-ups, now i know why so cheap there.

Sounds like you found one heck of a LFS... Don't hesitate to buy whatever you can from him to help keep his doors open!

there is a plethora of auctions on ebay for 179.99 + 30 shipping.

Yup, we can get a lot of things cheaper through ebay. But those aren't "online retailers". They do not have the overhead of things like employees, warehouses, advertisement and all to often paying taxes... Ya know, all those burdens that create a stable economy

 

[Reel Addiction]

Dont forget to add the price of media 40-50 dollars. I paid 230 for my fx5 then spent another 40-50 to get it up and running.

 

[goldies88]

i" ve got mine fx5 from a member here for $225 with media two weeks ago. Nice guy and good communication . But he is in SOCAL.Don't know if he'll ships .Then cost will be more.

 

[sick_lid]

Dont forget to add the price of media 40-50 dollars. I paid 230 for my fx5 then spent another 40-50 to get it up and running.

It came with my seller.