Peter Rabbit wrote:
 > I am so angry. I had back in the early 90's a Fluval Canister. It was
 > my first and aside from the these little fragile clips which were
 > used to lock the top on, I loved it. I was careful and never did
 > break the clips. I gave it away. Since then,  Hagen/Fluval redesigned
 > it and as I loved the my old Fluval model I jumped for it cuz it
 > looked great on paper and in real life.
 >
 > But then my nightmare begins. The first was broken out of the box.
 > The second leaks by the handle. The third leaks by the handle. I have
 > read about how other people are complaing about the Fluval latest
 > series canisters leaking too. I know I am not the only one. Are there
 > others out there whose Fluvals (latest model) is leaking. I figure 3
 > strikes and you are out. I am saddened by it but the Fluval is a
 > piece of well-designed thinking which doesn't actually work in real
 > life. In real life their newest line of canisters are junk. You can't
 > clean the newly design hoses because they are ribbed. Now instead of
 > the wonderful old manifold system of returning water into the tank,
 > you jet-ram this jet of water into your tank blowing your fish and
 > plants all around. I am now debating which other canister maker to go
 > with.
 >
 >
Sorry to hear about your bad luck with fluval. I recently upgraded to a
304 from my older 303, which finally died.
I love the 304 and have had no problems with it at all. I do agree with 
your comment about the apparent inability to clean the hoses properly, 
though I haven't tried yet.  I'm still not sure if I prefer the Fluval's 
new method of returning the water to the tank or the old way. The fish 
don't seem to mind either way.
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