Lifegard Customflo Water System

If it is the one I am thinking of, there are two options, the "complete kit" and an extension kit. They work great for customizing the current in your tank. Petsmart.com has one kit for like $17 the other is like $40 basically you get a bunch of fittings that you assemble the way you want. http://www.petsmart.com/global/prod...59782&itemNo=91&Nao=72&In=Fish&N=2030059&Ne=2

They work great but IMO are fugley.

I'm also thinking of replacing my plumbing of my XP3 & the Customflo seems to be a very good choice. Rex, thanks for the links for Rena parts. Have you replaced your tubing yet? I see they have a "deluxe tubing" that they claim is better than the older tubing's the XP3 came w/. For $16.95 for 2-7ft sound like a good deal to me. I'm thinking of replacing my tubing w/c is full of brown stuff (algae?) inside.

The sludge that builds up is not algea, it is basically what I call spooge, just gunk that builds up. I use a long flexible brush to wipe it out..

fshfanatic said:

The sludge that builds up is not algae, it is basically what I call spooge, just gunk that builds up. I use a long flexible brush to wipe it out..

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Oh, thanks for the info. I wills till probably get the tubing since my tubing (it is a replacement from the original) is kinda hard & not as flexible as the original. Thanks.

I was going to get this kit from my local petsmart but I opted for the Eheim installation kit because of the short intake on the lifeguard.If they had the deluxe lifeguard I prolly woulda bought that one cause of so many options.
Loving the Eheim kit though...

After thinking about it I will most likely just get the Rena kit and new tubing. Replacing everything at once makes a lot of sense.

Cool. Let us know what you think about it. I thought about going with the Lifeguard before, but opted for the Eheim Installation kits (both intakes and spray bars). I'm curious what pre-filter sponge would fit over the intakes.

I used this kit from my wet/dry to flow back into the tank. Originally I was using an AquaMedic CO2 reactor, so I had a splitter coming off of my pump, one line going through the reactor, the other one going directly to the tank. I then had two of the Lifegard units going back into the tank. They are alright, black makes them disappear a bit.... very flexible for setting up your tank. I use a 3D background in my aquarium so the flexibility didn't do me any real good.