metrokat Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 $99 shipped Brand new is $148 Will be cleaned before shipping. U tube included. J tube for return also included. Fittings are included. Vinyl tubing is all you need Jeff at Life Reef makes amazing things. This is from his website NOT A SINGLE SIPHON LOSS IN 26 YEARS! NEED WE SAY MORE? YES, BECAUSE YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT MAKES A SAFE AND RELIABLE PREFILTER BOX VS A CHEAP COPY OR POOR DESIGN...... If your prefilter relies on this pump you must replace your prefilter as soon as possible! This is the weak link in your safety, and these pumps do fail and when they do you may have water problems...... Why risk thousands of dollars of fish, corals, livestock, flood damage and cleanup on a cheap (both cost and materials) prefilter box or any other prefilter box of questionable reliability and design, and there are many...... The Lifereef Prefilter Siphon Box is an original, unchanged for 26 years. Designed in 1988 (long before any current reef company) to be a safe and reliable method to transfer water from the aquarium to the sump, or wet/dry as it was back then. If it wasn't for the prefilter box being a safe component many hobbyists would not have even set up an aquarium because the reef-ready aquariums were still years away. A safe and reliable hang-on prefilter box was the only thing you could use, and a SAFE AND RELIABLE DESIGN WAS PARAMOUNT! JUST BE ASSURED THAT YOU ARE GETTING A PREFILTER SIPHON BOX THAT HAS NOT FAILED, IT CAN'T FAIL IF YOU FOLLOW THE PHYSICS AND SCIENCE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN MAKING A SAFE PRODUCT. FEATURES OF ALL THE LIFEREEF PREFILTER SIPHON BOX DESIGNS: THICKER AND STRONGER ACRYLIC STRONG ONE-PIECE BENT "BACKBONE" DESIGN INSTEAD OF GLUED PIECES BONDED OUTPUT FITTING WITH A HOSEBARB CONNECTION OR OPTIONAL VACUUM HOSE CONNECTOR TRUE MAXIMUM WATER FLOW VELOCITY OR GPH REMOVABLE SIPHON TUBE THAT CAN BE CLEANED, SIPHON WALL PREFILTERS ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO CLEAN AND IF IT IS BLACK ACRYLIC THAT IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE ALGAE WILL STILL GROW IN THERE. INNER BOX ADJUSTABLE UP/DOWN AND LOCKED INTO A VERTICAL POSITION SO IT CANNOT BE KNOCKED SIDEWAYS MANY MORE SLOTS/TEETH MEANING LESS WATER NEEDED FROM SUMP TO MAINTAIN FLOW RATE AND LESS DRAINDOWN WHEN POWER GOES OUT OR IS SHUT OFF. REINFORCED WHERE STRESS IS THE GREATEST VERTICAL ALIGNMENT TAB/SCREW SO BOX CAN BE ADJUSTED PARALLEL WITH THE AQUARIUM INNER BOX CAN BE ADJUSTED UP/DOWN INDEPENDENT OF THE OUTER BOX WITHOUT HAVING TO RAISE THE ENTIRE PREFILTER AS IN "TUBELESS" DESIGNS SIPHON TUBE WILL NOT LOSE WATER WHEN POWER GOES OUT CLEAR SIPHON TUBE FOR VISUAL SAFETY. SMOKE OR BLACK WILL STILL GROW ALGAE AND BLOCK FLOW. SIPHON WILL RESUME WATER FLOW WHEN POWER COMES BACK ON DOES NOT RELY ON ANOTHER CHEAP PRODUCT FOR SAFE OPERATION OPTIONAL SILENCER AVAILABLE FOR PREFILTERS THAT MAY EXHIBIT NOISE. DEPENDING ON FLOW RATE, AQUARIUM SURFACE AREA, AND HOSE ROUTING, ALL HAVE AN EFFECT ON HOW MUCH IF ANY NOISE IS PRESENT. ALL CORNERS AND EDGES RADIUSED TO PREVENT FISH DAMAGE, FLAME-POLISHING (AS OTHERS) LEAVES SHARP EDGES CUSTOM SIZES CAN BE MADE FOR WIDE RIMS. LARGEST TO DATE WAS FOR AN AQUARIUM WITH A 12" RIM SPAN. CUSTOM DEPTHS CAN BE MADE FOR AQUARIUMS WHERE THE WATER LEVEL IS MANY INCHES BELOW THE RIM MADE FOR EURO-BRACE RIMS, RED SEA MAX AQUARIUMS, BIO-CUBE AQUARIUMS, ANY AQUARIUM CAN USE A LIFEREEF PREFILTER BOX INNER BOX COLOR CHOICES OF CLEAR, BLACK, OR BLUE It is the cheap copies and "tubeless" designs that have given all the good prefilter boxes a bad reputation. The Lifereef Prefilter Siphon Box is the original and only safely designed prefilter still being made today! If you get any other prefilter box, make sure you get a wet-vac as part of your aquarium maintenance equipment, it will be needed eventually, some sooner than others...... Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 Still available Link to comment
metrokat Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Holidays are done, back to bumping FS threads Link to comment
GHill762 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 might help if you explain that this is a HOB overflow. I think maybe some people would cruise on by if they were looking for an overflow. GLWS Link to comment
BattleAthletics Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Can vouch for this overflow when they say it restarts, doesnt lose siphon when pumps turn back on. Link to comment
metrokat Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Can vouch for this overflow when they say it restarts, doesnt lose siphon when pumps turn back on. Affirmative. Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 Still available Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 Pending pick-up Link to comment
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