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I had to find out the hard way how many things can go wrong....
In the last few years numerous things broke on me.
I replaced several heaters. Surprisingly the only one that lasted is a brandless Chinese heater I got with one of my tanks for free from a shop that was closing down years ago. It still works like a champ and its been many years.... The rest of them just stopped heating the water. A tetra heater is still working but has locked itself on 25'C. And I still have an Eheim heater but it is relatively new so early to tell...
The light that came with my Juwel 15G tank broke 3 times and I had to return it for replacement. On the third time I bought an Arcadia stretch light. It too failed just after 2 years of use but was promptly replaced by the retailer.
A custom made LED light broke multiple times, starting from the led drivers to the leds themselves but the one that made the light disappeared in thin air. It is repairable though if I had the skills and will to do it.
The old T5s on two of my tanks had a bust tube each too.
My eheim filter needed a hose connector, o-ring(both causing leaking issues)Then the impeller shaft broke, then the impeller itself broke. This all happened time apart.
The impeller of my koralia powerhead cracked too.
I bought a sand bed filter years ago which leaked. I threw the filter in the bin after 1 year use or so.
A JBL inlet and outlet cracked around the connectors...They were connected to my Eheim so perhaps too much pressure for them because the outlet was "whistling" at some stage and I had to drill the holes bigger....
I will not mention 2 glass tanks failing for various reasons and numerous carpet flooding incidents, a couple of which due to the outlets detaching and the water making a turn and travelling down my back glass I guess there's only me to blame for that...
So far the only things that lasted were all my Fluval internal filters and my APS external filters. The Chinese made powerheads on two of my trickle filters were working the last time I disconnected them. And the Eheim external pump is still functioning perfectly.
I am probably forgetting something.....
In the last few years numerous things broke on me.
I replaced several heaters. Surprisingly the only one that lasted is a brandless Chinese heater I got with one of my tanks for free from a shop that was closing down years ago. It still works like a champ and its been many years.... The rest of them just stopped heating the water. A tetra heater is still working but has locked itself on 25'C. And I still have an Eheim heater but it is relatively new so early to tell...
The light that came with my Juwel 15G tank broke 3 times and I had to return it for replacement. On the third time I bought an Arcadia stretch light. It too failed just after 2 years of use but was promptly replaced by the retailer.
A custom made LED light broke multiple times, starting from the led drivers to the leds themselves but the one that made the light disappeared in thin air. It is repairable though if I had the skills and will to do it.
The old T5s on two of my tanks had a bust tube each too.
My eheim filter needed a hose connector, o-ring(both causing leaking issues)Then the impeller shaft broke, then the impeller itself broke. This all happened time apart.
The impeller of my koralia powerhead cracked too.
I bought a sand bed filter years ago which leaked. I threw the filter in the bin after 1 year use or so.
A JBL inlet and outlet cracked around the connectors...They were connected to my Eheim so perhaps too much pressure for them because the outlet was "whistling" at some stage and I had to drill the holes bigger....
I will not mention 2 glass tanks failing for various reasons and numerous carpet flooding incidents, a couple of which due to the outlets detaching and the water making a turn and travelling down my back glass I guess there's only me to blame for that...
So far the only things that lasted were all my Fluval internal filters and my APS external filters. The Chinese made powerheads on two of my trickle filters were working the last time I disconnected them. And the Eheim external pump is still functioning perfectly.
I am probably forgetting something.....