The Eheims come with a spray bar, and suction intake, and the Eheim hosing. The FX5 hoses and fittings are not real nice to look at. I will tell you this also, in terms of filtering the 2262 is the best one, and man it puts out some serious flow. The 2262 is loudest, and the 2260 is the most quiet. Or get Samuel's used one with all Eheim media, and block valves for $275Īll three filters make about the same amount of noise. This makes your total cost of a new Eheim 2260 with media about $400 Then get the media I suggested for about $50 Otherwise you can get the Eheim valves for the suction and discharge for about $80.Įheim Double Tap Connector Valve - 594 (Discharge) - $30Įheim Double Tap Connector Valve - 794 (Suction) - $50 To compare all three filters, I do not know which aquarium your going to be using this on, but if it is your 125 gallon, I would go with the Eheim 2260 and buy the disconnect valves or even make your own by going and getting PVC union ball valves from a hardware store. I do have 2 of these filters on my 300 gallon. I worry that it may not have enough bio-space for media to really handle the advertised Aquarium up to 400 gallons. This is the biggest shortfall of the filter. The three media baskets have roomd for an additional 6L of other media. It comes with (3) Media Baskets that come equiped with mechanical foam pads, and no other media. The FX5 comes with disconnect valves, a pump that flows 925gph, and the listed flow rate of the canister is 607 gph. In order to save you some more money, the Eheim 2260 there is a used one that comes with valves and media in the fish market from Samuel PM him and see if he still has it. The Eheim 2262 is typically $450, and the Eheim 2260 is $250. I have also used Un-Cut Bulk Blue Bonded pad here as well.Īll of this media can be had for about $50. Topped off with Charcoal and Filter Floss. (2) 1-gallon Bags of CPR Aquatics BIO-BALE In order to save some money, this is what I used to pack these canisters.ġ-1/2" THK Medium Blue Filter Pad from Jehmco cut to fit. Neither one of these filters come with media. The filter is for aquariums up to 400 gallons.
The filter comes without media and has the same 18L of room for media. The actual listed flow rate of the Eheim 2260 canister is 502gph. The Eheim 2260 does not come with the quick connect valves, and comes standard with the Eheim 1260 pump that flows 635gph. It says it is for Aquariums up to 400 gallons, but I think it could handle much larger. The filter comes without any media and has room for 18L of media. The Eheim 2262 is the exact same canister as the EHeim 2260 except it comes with the quick connect valves, and is equiped with the Eheim 1262 pump that flows 900 gph.
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