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Re: NFC: Fish List, October 22nd-26th, Prices Included (HOLIDAY SPECIALS!)
", I bought an Eheim filter not very long ago, after
hearing so many people rave about it. I was not impressed. I think
most people just want to justify the money they spent on it by
telling others how good it is"
I would agree, I think that there are a lot of people who think that big
bucks equipment is better because its big bucks. With over 40 tanks going I
can't afford big bucks for equipment.
Wally
----- Original Message -----
From: D. Martin Moore <archimed at netdoor_com>
To: <nfc at actwin_com>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: NFC: Fish List, October 22nd-26th, Prices Included (HOLIDAY
SPECIALS!)
>
>
> On 21 Oct 2001, at 11:21, Wally Billingham wrote:
>
> > IMHO heater cables are a waste of big money. I know some people swear by
> > them, but I also know a ton of people will awesome planted tanks that
do
> > not have them.
>
> The idea behind the cables is not to produce healthy plants in the
> short term, but to keep the substrate healthy over the long term.
> So say Herren Horst und Kipper. As to the cost...they can be
> made quite cheaply. As I recall there was an article in FAMA
> several years back on how to do it. What amazes me is that
> anybody falls for Dupla's rip-off prices (Kaspar Horst again). Which
> reminds me, I bought an Eheim filter not very long ago, after
> hearing so many people rave about it. I was not impressed. I think
> most people just want to justify the money they spent on it by
> telling others how good it is. I have always questioned how these
> filters are rated for a given tank - the flow rate is just way too slow.
> Folks have told me that the "superior design of the filter chamber
> makes a higher flow rate unnecessary". Hogwash. I wonder if
> Dupla and Ehiem are so expensive simply because they are
> German imports?
>
>
>
> Prost,
>
> Martin
> Jackson, MS
> -----------
> I remember how my great-uncle Jerry would sit on the porch
> and whittle all day long. Once he whittled me a toy boat out
> of a larger toy boat I had. It was almost as good as the first
> one, except now it had bumpy whittle marks all over it. And
> no paint, because he had whittled off the paint.
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