PONDFORSE 225GPH Canister Filter, External Aquarium Filter with 7W UV Sterilizer Ultra-Quiet Water Cleaning Machine with Free Media for Fish Tanks and Aquariums Up to 55 Gallons (225GPH)

The older pump I had been using (which was never anything special to begin with) developed some issues so I was looking for something cheap that would arrive quickly via Amazon Prime. Let's start with the Pros: - This thing is incredibly quiet. The loudest thing associated with my aquarium is now the air pump. You could potentially have this in a bedroom it's that quiet. - I like that it has a UV light. Will that have any discernible effect? Time will tell. - Seems to do the job. I transferred the biological media from my old pump and my water chemistry is perfect. The water is very clear. - Cheap. Cons: - Cheap. Everything here just feels flimsy and delicate. I'll be pleasantly surprised to get a lot of time out of this pump. I have now learned enough about aquarium-keeping to realize that I'd be best off making the investment into a serious piece of equipment once this goes pear shaped. - The particulate filters aren't just rectangles. When I want to replace them I'll have to do some creative cutting. Not a huge deal but figured I'd mention it. All in all, the pump is doing what I have asked it to do on the terms I wanted. I'm not going to simultaneously credit it for being affordable and fault it for being made of cheap materials. You have to pay for quality. If I were paying for quality and got this I'd be upset.

This is my first canister filter, and it works great when it works. I wanted to love this so badly. The good thing is it does seem to have a decent space with trays for filter media, and I have not had any issues with leaking. Also, this filter is QUIET. You have to sit right next to it to even hear the motor hum. I have a reading chair next to my aquarium and the filter is less than 18 inches from my chair and I can’t hear it when I sit in the chair. Very very quiet. Unfortunately the bad: 1. It randomly loses flow power and stops pumping, and I have to take the whole thing apart and restart it and feed the water in the top to get pressure moving again. What a pain. I’ve had this like a month or two, and it’s stopped working three times. 2. UV sanitizer light already stopped working. 3. The intake only has holes on the bottom of a bell shaped attachment, so it gets clogged very easily which causes the whole thing to stop flowing. The intake gaps are circular and large enough that I had a Kuhli Loach and shrimp get sucked into the canister. Thankfully the loach survived. I tried to get a different mesh intake attachment but the tube size is just slightly off of standard and nothing fits. I had to buy a sponge and cut it and sew it on around the intake to prevent this from happening.

The light worked for about two weeks and then stopped. Keeps up with my 55 gallon tank well

On the first attempt I had issues w/getting the item to work properly; I could not get the filter to properly extrude water back to tank.

Works very good, I have 6 of them and no problem up to now, I installed 3 last years ago and haven't had any issues with them i have them on 75 gallon aquariums and under, mostly 40 gallon and going strong.