Agree and as I said mines in its seventh year. Only thing I need to replace are 4 of the fasteners as the red plastic tube for the screw have snapped on these-mind you I looked and they're expensive to replace
I have both filters on different tanks and ZERO issues. The OP has been running his for 5 yrs and just started to have a small issue. That to me falls within an acceptable amount of time for some small wear and tear with an impeller replacement and what not. After all these things are going 24/7, year after year, you will have to replace a part eventually... Even my Eheim canister needed an impeller recently, yep thats right it did not last forever either!
Lol. Very wrong. Hagen is a great company, the aquaclear series are bulletproof and so are the fx5
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Totally disagree, the fx5 is recommended by so many people here due to its reliabilityThere are way too many threads with FX5 issues. Leaking, stopping, micro-bubbles and many more, but yet so many people swear by them and recommend them. Fluval have gone downhill just like Marineland. All they are concerned with is profit and thus their products and customers suffer. I would stay away from both manufacturers.
Totally disagree, the fx5 is recommended by so many people here due to its reliability
I wouldn't use anything else on my tanks mine have been faultless