allpondsolutions HOB-500 Aquarium External Fish Tank Water Filter for Coldwater, Tropical or Marine Aquariums, for Tanks Up to 250 Litres – Includes Filter Foams, hose and Spray Bar - Full Kit

Good value for the money. Able to fill up with your own filter media in the large baskets which keeps costs down. Quiet and smooth running giving a crystal clear water.

Honestly so much better than expected. It filters well, has good flow options, and is easy to set up. The build quality is good enough. I particularly like the intake as similar designed filters I've used it the past clog up too easily, this one has been great. Very happy with it. (This is used in an endler guppy tank, fry have been fine also).

I loved my fluval edge hob that I've previously used on same tank. 36*27*30cm 30L But there was few issues that I didn't like like water dropping from higher level which meant more noise and more evaporation. This filter solved my problems. It's really a mix between hobs and external filters. First of all, you still hanging the filter so you're saving floor space. No long pipes that needs cleaning. It has 5x more space for media/filtration than usual hobs and you can dip the return pipe in the water on good safe level to still have movement needed for air while halfing your evaporation. It's almost as quiet as the fluval edge hob but you're saving water drop noise which makes it better! Reducing inlet and outflow is a given in those but helps to regulate to your needs. Well worth £25!!! Update: it's getting air in somehow and getting noisy with time....restarting help to take out air but only temporarily :(

Absolutely brilliant filter ,wish I had bought one ages ago . Does exactly what it is supposed to and does it well -great waterflow ,so I am running mine with it turned down a little . Initial issue with air in the system was easily solved by unscrewing the outlet pipe whilst filter was in place and topping up the water a bit more-I gave the box a couple of taps whilst doing so and waited for the air bubbles to surface before putting in a little more water ,slowly ,untill no more air was coming up . Really not a problem . This filter is just so quiet ,I have caught myself checking it is still running a couple of times ! The big deal for me is the fact it holds four or five times as much bio media as my imternal filter did -I filled mine up with alfagrog (after bashing the alfagrog around a bit to make the bits smaller !) and put a coarse sponge in the first basket ,below the top one . I also popped a sponge sleeve around the intake ,really shocked at how much debris that collects after a few days ,but it is easy to pop it off and sqeeze it out and ,hopefully ,should mean the sponges in the filter itself dont need clearing very often . Unexpected bonus being my shrimp seem to think that inlet is a good place to graze ,so I get to see them a bit more (very heavily planted tank ) . Honestly ,I was prepared for this filter to be just OK ,maybe not brilliant after reading some of the other reviews ,but it was the only external filter I could find within my budget , arthritis in my hands was making fiddling about with the internal filter a pain (literally !)so bought it anyway - the one I have is brilliant . 4ft tank ,lots of messy bottom feeders ,just no problems with water clarity now at all . I

I had problems with this filter. After being in use for several days, it started making a horrendous loud noise. After investigation, I found this to be because the water level didn't stay full, so it couldn't function properly. The customer service was not great. They finally sent a replacement, but that too had the same fault. Again, I returned the item and got a replacement and this one worked fine. They seem to think it was a mistake I was making with setting the filter up, but it wasn't. I have kept tropical fish now for several years, so I don't make amateur mistakes. So, although the third one I received worked fine, im giving a low star rating as the customer service was not good, and the agent I emailed with was actually quite rude on some emails, stating "we'll replace it one more time but then you'll have to order a new one"

Great filter for the price, water parameters have held steady since installing a week ago on a 190l tank. Watch pimp my filter review on you tube for guide to setting up media as all that's included is fine floss. I am running mine with course in top tray, medium in second, fine in third, floss with a carbon scrubber in fourth then two trays of bio rings. Had a power cut yesterday, filter restarted itself now problem once power came back on.

10 month review. Brilliant filter, no leaking, great flow and filtration (with altered bio media). There's a fantastic review on YouTube by PondGuru for this and I suggest you follow his advice for it. It's been amazing while my 100 litre tank was overstocked for about 7 months and I had zero Ammonia and zero Nitrites thanka to the filtration. Fortunately, it's heavily planted so I needn't worry about Nitrates either. The spray bar outlet traps air in easier so you get that awful sound for awhile any time you stop and start the pump. You need to tilt the filter to try and get the air out but it's not a problem with the hose outlet. It's fairly quiet, I wouldn't say it's noisy.

I'm quite amazed at some of the reviews for this filter. I have 3 of these, two of which are running in different tanks. One a 4' and another a 3'. Points to look out for. Each basket has has a hole at one end. When all baskets are joined together these form a tube. When the baskets are in the filter body, the tube end should be opposite to the cable end when the filter head is clamped into position. Dechlorinated or aquarium water should be poured into the filter so the water level is above the top basket. Otherwise the filter won't prime. Direction of filtration is top to bottom. Thus when water is sucked in from intake pipe it first goes through top basket and thence to the bottom basket. Thus arranged media accordingly. My one gripe is the white fine filter media supplied which appears to be woven fibres falls apart after a few media cleans. I have thus cut fine filter foam to the same shape and now place those into the baskets instead. One of these has been operating in a 4' tank in conjunction with a canister filter (purely as a back up) and apart from the media, no problem.

Ottimo per le prime settimane, montato su un 80litri…dopo un mese circa, per funzionare perfettamente e senza rumori fastidiosi, necessita una pulizia settimanale, impensabile per un filtro acquario… attenzione alla presa UK, serve adattatore