Rena Xp4 Thoughts ?

[Tommo]

Peoples opinions on them ? Rena XP4

I have bought one , but i will be still using my 2217 as well :)

[m.ingram]

Hi Tommo I have been running rena xp 4 on my discus tank for a little over a year .i havent had any problems with it at all .

[Tommo]

Good to hear :)

Do they pump as much water as they state ? :)

[taksan]

Do they pump as much water as they state ? :)

No Tommo but no canister ever does ...... figure about half whatever they state when the canister is full of media.
Some brands (Eheim pros) do better ...some (fluvals) do worse. I think the Rena's are on the higher side ....
Rena is owned by the Mars family now BTW ....as in Mars bars.

[Tommo]

Indeed Matty :) , i was hoping that for an answer , "like yep the flow is great :),or indeed they have a high flow output"

Either way :) i am sure it will do the job along with my 2217 , on a 5x2x2 i am sure both of them will be enough for my plants /fish . I am also thinkn seems i want a fair bit of flow and have a AM1000 reactor ,if i need to i might get an Eheim pump on the reactor only :)

Cheers

[Tommo]

P.S Matty ...what are you and red doing with the 7 foot huge tank ? ;)

I am sure it woud look sensational , full of plants and a 100+ rummy noses tetras :)

[taksan]

Its mine now ... its going to have
ONE fish 8-)

[Merrilyn]

Yep, one very pampered, spoilt rotten fish HAHAHA

[Tommo]

Really ? , What fish are you keeping in it ?

[goodoo]

I heard he was getting a murray cod, so he had an excuse for getting an even larger tank.

[Tommo]

I heard he was getting a murray cod, so he had an excuse for getting an even larger tank.

i think that is not correct ! But i could be wrong!

But anyhow :)

Back onto flow rates :)


What most people do not think of , and i very well could be wrong ,but i am 99.9% sure i am right :)

Most filters and pumps ,the advertising works off on the 60hz from the USA , and we use 50hz here in Aus.

So 60/50=1.2
A 5000 liter/hour pump at 60 hz will pump 5000 lt/hr "pump only"
But at 50 Hz it will pump 4166.6 liters/hour :)

Just some thing to keep in mind :)

Open to anyones comments here :)

[taksan]

Depends on the filter most filters are rated for 220/240 50hz first (Ehiems, Fluvals , Rena's) as they are European or Asian.
And no I don't have a Murray cod ...heavens forbid.

[goodoo]

When i get a large pond. Maybe ill get one.What type of monster you keepin taskan

[Merrilyn]

When i get a large pond. Maybe ill get one.What type of monster you keepin taskan


Shhhhhh it's a mermaid, but don't tell anyone :lol:

[Tommo]

When i get a large pond. Maybe ill get one.What type of monster you keepin taskan


Shhhhhh it's a mermaid, but don't tell anyone :lol:

LOL

[MSD]

I got the Rena XP 3 for my 75 gallon last month and as advertised, after 1/2 hour of use it starting leaking from the power cord to the head. I returned it for a Fluval 406, the newest model, and its been working perfectly so far. I think the Fluval is made much better and the support seems great. Do a Google search of the XP 3 and XP 4 leaking and you'll be surprised. I cannot risk another leak when no one is home and it causes a flood.