AQQA Aquarium Electric Power Sponge Filter,3W/5W Silence Submersible Foam Filter,Sponges Bio Ceramic Media Balls Double Filter for Saltwater Freshwater Fish Tank (M)

Bought the filler system for my 29 gallon tank, can't belive how fast it cleaned the water . my old one never cleaned the water this well. so glad I found this one, would recomend .

Very satisfied with this filter

Bought this on November 23,2024 worked well untill May 10,2015 than the pump motor stopped working properly only a small hum with no power to move water ...but I was able to easily open the top of the pump chasing and saw it was clogged with algae,I was able to clean it with a pipe cleaner and toothbrush after putting it back together it was working fine again so we shall see 😉

The media could not be loaded. I would say for a 20 gallon tank get there 15-55 gallon one cuz this one takes a while to pick up the debris but other than that it works good

Have several of these filters and really like them. My most recent purchase only lasted a little of three months!

I definitely wouldn’t recommend this filter. Is it easy to use? Yes. Is it quiet? Yes. Does it work well? No. Is it worth your money? Also no. Does it keep your tankclean? While it cycles and there is hardly anything in there it does. Any other time, no.I bought this for a 20Gal tank, I have been using it since late October 2024 when I started cycling my tank and I finally got my 6 pea puffers December 8th. I started having issues with it by late December. Yes Pea Puffers are messy eaters, but the super fine sponges this AQQA filter comes with are ridiculous. They pick up no larger particles at all. My tank always has this cloudiness to it despite weekly water changes (sometimes biweekly if I choose to do a smaller water changes) WITH substrate siphoning.The sponges quickly “clog up” and drastically reduce the flow output. Leaving you will almost stagnant water. Where especially when you have a planted tank, biofilm finds itself a nice home. If you read the reviews, one way (beyond cleaning your sponge constantly) is to pull the sponge up off the base a bit just before you get to the first set of intake holes. This does a pretty good job of limping this along as far as flow for awhile. However, as others have mentioned flow continues to decrease over time regardless to what you do, probably because the motor is junk and it is fighting against burdensome sponges.I did try quite hard to find a sponge with a large porosity to fit the intakes. Try as I might, I never found one with a hole small enough to actually stay on the intake. It was frustrating. Actually right now I have one sponge that it came with and an Aquael sponge cinched on to it with thread. IDK if it is even accomplishing anything.So here I am almost to March, 5 months later, I have done a lot of troubleshooting. Ultimately I decided this was a crap purchase. Hopefully I can save someone else from making the same mistake.

Works great for my 10 gallon tanks. Shrimp are all over the sponges. Pump is consistent so far (2 months) The suction cups are lame, but I’ve never had any suction cups last very long anyway. Very quiet when you fill the tank the tank limiting the “waterfall” from the outlet. Bought these to limit the gadgets attached to the tanks. Have 2 of these going in a bedroom so it definitely is very quiet. Recommend this pump filter combination…..if I have problems I will definitely change the review.

Very pleased with my purchase, will purchase again.