Canister Failure

[Derringer]

I am interested in adding an Eheim to my filtration equipment, but at the same time I dread the potential failure which could occur.

Have you or do you know anyone who has experienced canister failure resulting in an empty thus destroyed tank + a destroyed home?

 

[Derringer]

I have a friend who had a Fluval 404 O-ring fail on him one weekend while he was gone and returned home to a flooded house. He still uses canisters but now uses Rena. I guess his confidence to use another canister should alieve my hesitation, but I'm curious how often it really happens.

 

[J double R]

my Eheim has been running continuously, with the exception of a 3 month break in 06, and of course the usual monthly maintenance, for the better part of 3 years without fail, degradation in performance, or anomaly.

i trust that the only thing i will have to replace is the impeller, and even that will be at least another 4 to 5 years in the future.

 

[is300zx]

I've been using canisters both eheim and fluval for 8 years and running. Never had one leak. Did have one failure recently which was the fluval but it wasn't entirely its fault. One of the fish knocked the inlet tube loose and I failed to notice till the next day. Basically it fried the motor. Luckily I run two filters in the tank so no lost fish.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

I have two Eheim Pro IIs. The oldest one has been running close to 6 years now. It has also done double duty as my co2 reactor (ie pressurized gas is run through it). It has never missed a beat.

The greatest risk is from a hose coming detached. One way to guard agains this it to use hose clamps.

 

[TKOS]

My only problem was my own fault. A Fluval 304 and I pushed too hard and broke a piece. Not a design flaw or the plastic parts fault, simply me being too tough.

 

[DarkSoul]

I cant say anything personally about the filters, but I would have to say that anyone doing "proper" maintenance would also be checking things like the impeller, o-rings, and any other part of the filter that will suffer from wear.

I work with alot of machines in general though, and have always been taught that when maintaining any machine, check EVERYTHING closely.

 

[Mgamer20o0]

my fluval always broke on me but never had flooding other then user errors.