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Good little external filter but I made some mods. 1st the sponges are too thick so I cut them in half to provide less resistance of flow, faith more biological media and I'm able to use the other half of the sponge ones this wears out (see pictures). 2nd the hoses are 1.4 m each which is good is you wanted to store the filter under the tank but mine will be behind the tank so I will cut one of the hoses in half again to provide less resistance and again have a spare hose (see picture). 3rd the bioballs provided are good but not porous enough so I used lava rock from B&Q. 4th it's pain to bleed the air out so I tilted to the side with the pump facing up until I was able to flip the filter upside down with no air coming out of the filter. 5th it does vibrate a bit but is easily resolved by placing a towel underneath to absorb the vibration. I have ordered polyfilter to use as chemical filtration instead of activated carbon and able to use inline heater and inline co2 diffuser. All in all a good little filter. Hope this helps and happy fish keeping. Read full review
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The pump has no power, recommended drop for the pump is a max 80cm, tried it at 80cm, useless, so cut the pump off and reattached it higher up the piping, ( with great effort and time ), pump now 30cm from the top of the tank, still useless. Inlet and outlet attachments had to be adjusted with tubing as didn't fit the tank, ideal if you have the tank that the inventor designed it for ( whichever that is ), but not universal, but it would still lack power. Waste of money!!!
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Pros- Quite, good quality parts, not too powerful flow, all parts necessary included, not too bulky. Cons- tricky to prime as pump isn’t overly powerful, Outlet/pump is on the side which will make it tricky to maintain/clean as when I’ll need to remove the entire filter (hoses and all) to do so. Over all would recommend, good value for money, adequate for the right size tank, good quality. Prompt delivery, even over the holiday period.
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I bought this from you and I was reading the reviews on eBay and also on amazon. I think people who give you bad reviews just don’t know how to set it up. I read that the pump isn’t strong enough to push it back up and they have it sitting on boxes or on top of the aquarium. What a load of rubbish. I never cut the hoses I’ve full size hoses and the canister down on the floor in my cabinet and it pumps back up the full length hoses you give me in the box. The trick to getting it to work without putting it on boxes or books etc is to hold it level with the tank and slowly bring it down to the floor. I’ve also two sponge filters and a skimmer.
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Arrived fast! Great Easy enough to set up. Here's the but.. It will not work properly below the tank. I have a 64litre tank so more than adequate, providing you set it up beside it. It was frustrating trying to get it to work properly. The instructions dont mention that it isnt powerful enough to from below. Also the only one not on YouTube for directions. Finally with help we got it running, sitting next to the tank. Its really quiet and hardly know its there. Not staggering flow but just right for my size tank. Yes I would recommend it and towels to catch the overflow when you clip the lid on. Also cut the tubes down to size so the water flows easier. I would recommend it.
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