One for the eheim fans

[mrwickedweasel]

Toying with idea of strapping a 2260 to my big tank. Cheapest I found the filter is £180. 2 question's, has anyone found them cheaper(new) and secondly what sort of cost is media gonna run?
Cheers

 

[matubula]

I dont know about the price but your best bet for media is to buy the eheim pro3 2080/2180 media pack for around £70, if you want eheim media that is. I dont know if 4L of efimech and 8L of substrat pro is enough to fill it though.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Eheim-Pro3-media-set-2080_W0QQitemZ130349011811QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Pet_Supplies_Fish?hash=item1e59681363#ht_500wt_956

 

[macvsog23]

I have used one

In my opinion your wasting your time using any Eheim media apart from Eheim EHFIMECH. Rough Cost to fill it with EHFIMECH would be at about £ 5:00 per litre with 18 litres volume it would cost around £90:00 Grog Glass would cost £25:00 at most

Filled it with Grog Glass http://www.ketteringkoi.com/acatalog/Filter_Media.html

Could try using old plastic golf practice balls?

The price you have is very cheap, Pipe and taps cost a bomb around £40:00 for one quick release tap.

http://www.aquaristikshop.com/cgi-bin/neu/webshop.pl?f=NR&c=226001&userid=TePEaSfvvLtnSb2n8yrXFiNP16XNoeI4dRT&t=temartic_e


http://www.aquaristikshop.com/cgi-bin/neu/webshop.pl?t=e_2260&userid=TePEaSfvvLtnSb2n8yrXFiNP16XNoeI4dRT

All in all a good bit of kit

 

[matubula]

Did a quick look around for prices, Coxwell Aquatics have it at £179.95 which is probably the one you've found. Couple on AQ, for £100-120, this one is North London EN5.

http://www.aquarist-classifieds.co.uk/php/detail59_160932.php

 

[dw1305]

Alfagrog

Filled it with Grog Glass http://www.ketteringkoi.com/acatalog/Filter_Media.html

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I'd go with Macvsog's suggestion. Alfagrog is an excellent biological media, cheap to buy and easy to get hold of.

cheers Darrel

 

[Oscar300]

I dont know about the price but your best bet for media is to buy the eheim pro3 2080/2180 media pack for around £70, if you want eheim media that is. I dont know if 4L of efimech and 8L of substrat pro is enough to fill it though.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Eheim-Pro3-media-set-2080_W0QQitemZ130349011811QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Pet_Supplies_Fish?hash=item1e59681363#ht_500wt_956

I use this stuff, is expensive but hey ho:dk: Got it crammed into all my filters now days.