Nick16
Member
hi all, im getting really annoyed with tetra's external filter range now and will not buy them again.
i used to swear by them but have had more problems than you can shake a stick at over the last year.
where the inlet comes out of your tank and joins to the hose, the little screw thread fixing has snapped in half. this is the second one to fail on me in a week. i have tried improvising with a jubilee clip but its letting loads of air bubbles in which is clooging the filter, making it noisy, and utterly useless.
had i not been at home on both occasions to hear the 'crack' (yes my heart jumped when i thought, THE TANK!!) i would have had 450L of water on my dads precious wooden floor!
At the moment i have turned the filter off but it has 1 of my 2 ETH's on the outlet and my co2 diffuser meaning there is no co2 entering the tank at the moment (hence not being able to enter the ADA contest, again )
i have numerous spare parts including a whole 'motorhead' part to the filter, an impellor and a set of tubing but no little plastic clips.
what can i do? ring tetra? - (i have rung before and then sent me a new filter, im going to start feeling guilty and they will think im lying and in it for free parts)
I will NEVER be buying a tetratec External filter again untill quality improves. Next time is eheim pro3 or Fx5 for me.
dont even get me started on my TT air pump......
i used to swear by them but have had more problems than you can shake a stick at over the last year.
where the inlet comes out of your tank and joins to the hose, the little screw thread fixing has snapped in half. this is the second one to fail on me in a week. i have tried improvising with a jubilee clip but its letting loads of air bubbles in which is clooging the filter, making it noisy, and utterly useless.
had i not been at home on both occasions to hear the 'crack' (yes my heart jumped when i thought, THE TANK!!) i would have had 450L of water on my dads precious wooden floor!
At the moment i have turned the filter off but it has 1 of my 2 ETH's on the outlet and my co2 diffuser meaning there is no co2 entering the tank at the moment (hence not being able to enter the ADA contest, again )
i have numerous spare parts including a whole 'motorhead' part to the filter, an impellor and a set of tubing but no little plastic clips.
what can i do? ring tetra? - (i have rung before and then sent me a new filter, im going to start feeling guilty and they will think im lying and in it for free parts)
I will NEVER be buying a tetratec External filter again untill quality improves. Next time is eheim pro3 or Fx5 for me.
dont even get me started on my TT air pump......