I never realized how much better the EMP4oo's were than the 350s.....I can save sooooo much money on filter cartridges, since they give you a slotted plastic case for carbon, I can just buy Carbon and Filter pad in bulk and put the $$$ I save towards something else. That's easily $15 per month, I could practically buy a new tank after a year.
Long story short, I have an older 75g w/ a 1" border that the 350 wouldn't fit, so I called and explain the situation and she said bring it back in the box w/ receipt and we'll swap it out plus the difference in price for the bigger filter, so the EMP400 fits and has all types of cool new features I never had on my numerous Penguin models, including three of their 350 models.
My advice, if you are going to get a Penguin 350 which is rated to 75 gallons, go ahead and pay the extra for the Emperor 400. Even though it's only rated to 80g, it stil has "auto-shower pipes" that keep the Bio-wheels moving no matter how clogged the outflows/filter pads get, a more durable plastic cover, less splash, much longer intake pipe, bigger "everything" basically, and then some.
Ignore the that it only does 5g more.
Long story short, I have an older 75g w/ a 1" border that the 350 wouldn't fit, so I called and explain the situation and she said bring it back in the box w/ receipt and we'll swap it out plus the difference in price for the bigger filter, so the EMP400 fits and has all types of cool new features I never had on my numerous Penguin models, including three of their 350 models.
My advice, if you are going to get a Penguin 350 which is rated to 75 gallons, go ahead and pay the extra for the Emperor 400. Even though it's only rated to 80g, it stil has "auto-shower pipes" that keep the Bio-wheels moving no matter how clogged the outflows/filter pads get, a more durable plastic cover, less splash, much longer intake pipe, bigger "everything" basically, and then some.
Ignore the that it only does 5g more.
