Can't find an Eheim 2227/2229 replacement pump head anywhere...

[jc74]

When I plug the filter in, it makes no noise at all so the pump must have gone bad. I saw it at a couple online places for around 150 bucks, but it said "discontinued" beside the item.
Does anyone online carry them, or does this mean I have to sell or throw out the rest of my 2227?

 

[acrylic51]

Most places I looked showed them discontinued, but check out seacorals.net.... They list them but for that price would opt a different route personally.

 

[jc74]

I saw the whole filter at seacorals, but not just the pump head. I actually emailed them a few days ago and they said it was discontinued and can only be ordered directly from eheim.
I did manage to find it at aquariumplants.com. I sent them an email and they also said it was discontinued, but their supplier has one more left and they'll get it if I place an order.
Now I'm debating whether I should spend $150 on this or just say the heck with it. I still have the box it came in and I only paid $209 for the entire thing when it was new. It's just biological filtration and I have lots of live rock and decent water flow. I just hate to throw away the rest of the filter.
Does anyone have experience with aquariumplants.com? Are they reliable? What would you do in this situation?

 

[acrylic51]

Is the pump a separate piece or built into the unit itself?

 

[jc74]

It's built into the unit. There are two baskets for biological media and the pump is in the top of the unit like a canister filter. It's wet/dry so the water level rises and falls inside the unit and sends out pulses of water through a spray bar on intervals.
All I have is this and a Fluval 404 on a 75 gallon tank. I keep mostly carbon in the Fluval and a little biological in one of the chambers. I also have a couple submerged pumps for water flow blowing on the live rock.

 

[acrylic51]

Your probably gonna have to buy the whole unit, bit I'd try contacting Eheim directly and see if there's a replacement.