navyscuba

Well I knew sooner or later my 350 was going to slow down due to the magnet has worn out by the sand on the tank. The filter is working but the output flow is so slow. So im thinking about getting a different canister filter. I heard a lot of good comments from the Fluval FX5 if anyone has one I'm willing to buy it.

enthusiast

if you know the problem is your magnet, and your content with the cansiter filter you have, why not just get a replacement part for your canister filter?

my fluval was makin me so mad it would run good for a few minutes then stop and gurgle all the time, until i realized one of the clamps to the impeller lid had snapped off. $8 & problem fixed! Versus around $250 for a brand new filter!!

Just recently I also had problems with water leaking out around the clamps of the lid no matter how tightly latched I had it. I was even hammering this thing down to make sure it was as tight-fit as i could get it. Simply replaced the motor ring gasket & everything works fine! Another $7, but I'd take a mere $15 in replacement parts over having to dish out another $250!!

I got my parts from ebay, i'm sure you could find what your looking for from there? I also compared the prices I found on ebay with ones found using amazon.com, you'll be sure to get the best deal that way- though ebay won everytime.

navyscuba

Well I found that one of the reasons was too much media reduced the flow once I replaced and got a new magnet worked like a champ.