Cascade 1200 Canister Filter - 315 GPH Aquarium Filter for Tanks Up to 150 Gallons - 360 Degree Flow Valves, Poly Fiber Pads, Bio-Sponge & Activated Carbon -Fresh & Saltwater -11.5x11x20.5in

6/28/2015 UPDATED REVIEW: Well its been over a year and half so I thought I would come back and give you some news on this thing...Still working like the day I got it. After having it in for several months I noticed the holes in the tubes in the top part were getting clogged a little bit. About every 3rd water change I take them out and clean them. I have also finally found a good system for me in stacking my filters. The bottom tray from bottom to top, Course, medium, fine filter foams. The Second tray has my Carbon and another floss pad ( Fine filter foam) and the top has my Bio Balls with a bag of Seachem Phosguard. This system has worked the best for me in my 55 gallon community tank. Overall my experience with this system has proven to be well worth the money and I do recommend this product based on Price, Performance and Ease Of Use. I hope this review helps someone and as always Be Safe and Happy Shopping!! ORIGINAL REVIEW: This is my first canister filter and the unit installed very easily. It also primed very easily. I used a method I seen on YouTube and had it primed in less than a minute. The unit sits in our cabinet under our 55 gallon and is very quite. If you get one that's noisy, as I have read, then something is defective. I cant hear this thing at all. I also purchased some Marineland Bio Balls and inserted them in the middle tray along with the polishing material. All of the other media you need comes with it. You don't need the bio balls I guess but it is something I use in our outdoor pond and they work great, so for 7 bucks it was worth it to add them in. I had the entire unit up and running in less than 15 minutes, bare in mind this the first time I have set one up. The instructions look overwhelming and a bit messy when you first glance at them but seriously just sit down and look at them for a second and you'll see they are very straight forward and leave no guess work. I am very pleased, so far, with the unit.

I have a 13" pleco.....bunch of guppies texas map turtles and some other stuff in a 75 gallon tank that had to have its fluval filter taken away. I went away and when I came home it smelled terrible and I couldnt even see through the water. The pleco had to be at the window just for me to see him. I could not use the fluval 305 I use to have and I could not find another one on craigslist for 25 bucks. I researched for a day and decided to go with the cascade 1000 based on its accessories and the good reviews. Great Choice so far Pros 1. price, 99 bucks for a filter that can handle a 100 gallon tanks is great. 2. The way it is made in some ways is much better than the fluval. For one it has a clamp on each side as opposed to just two. I use to have a fluval that only had two clamps. it was much harder to clamp down and one broke...it was over then. The cascade is much easier to clamp down and if one breaks you still have three more to compensate. another way it is built better over the fluval 305 is the connectors to the motor move around so you are able to move the tubing in many more directions in a much more comfortable easier way. With the fluval the tubing was so stiff and if I wanted to re arrange the tubing I would have to take it completely out the water which was a pain. And last the biggest is the primer. instead of a little pin with a finger side handle to push and pull the water in to get it started the cascade instead uses a button. I had a fluval one I had to prime it for so long the pin broke and I had to order a new one. it still didnt work. Because the cascade is a pump button you dont have to worry about that. Another huge factor the button is far superior is because you can use the ball of your foot to pump it instead of your hands. I did this and it started in less than 30 seconds no joke. With the fluval I have tried to get it started the first time for about twenty minutes and some people give up. the way the water flow changer is made is better than the fluval because the fluvals plastic piece that is thin can get bent easily in not slide up and down in the slit. you will have no issue with that here. 3. very very easy to set up. you can see the water fill in the canister the tubes are very flexible and easy to connect. IF YOU HAVE A PRIMING ISSUE SIMPLY STOP USING YOUR HANDS< STAND UP AND USE THE BALL OF YOUR FOOT. THIS WORKED FOR ME IN LESS THAN 30 SECONDS!!!! 4. Water flow rate is great. You can adjust the water flow for output and input separately so if you are using a spray bar and want to quiet it down at night you can slow it down. The spray bar is cool but loud if you use it above water. 5. Accessories for this are pretty cool. It comes with a spray bar thats probably about 3 feet long. At first I hooked it up and it was so long it sank down in the water and looked nothing like the cool pics of spray bars I see. Then I thought about that fact that I got 8 suction cups with connectors on them. I only needed one or two for the input output hose so I connected one to the end of the spray bar and it fit perfectly. Now my spray bar is level out of the water and I can create a kind of love tunnel type thing and it sounds much better and ALSO distributes the filtered water much better. These suction cups stay on, I had a hard time with the fluval suction cups and the cascade 100 provides you with 8. you only really need 3 t 5 at the most. 6. It looks nice its not loud and the base that it sits on is much much wider than the fluval so it wont accidentally fall over. thats a big deal if you have pets or kids CONs 1. the spray bar can be a little loud if you are using it above water to fall down into the tank but I like it and some people may as well. 2. the carbon pack provided does not fit all the space mostly in the canister. it covers about 88%. with the fluval it cam with a custom sack that was large enough to cover the whole tray inside. At some point you will have to replace the carbon so if you wanted you could buy your own carbon somewhere and use some kind of product like pantyhose to make your own bag if you cant find anything for perfect fit. But either way I dont think its a big deal so I didnt worry about it. In probably 2 hours the tank stops smelling. In 14 hours I have crystal clear water from a filter thats quieter, much much easier to set up and cleans better than anything I have had before. I recommend this and I'd buy another one. if you are having troubles priming make sure you twisted the correct way to connect the hoses as tight as you can. you twist to make it go up towards the part you just connected. make sure you have the LONG plastic piece on the intake part and the short one on the outtake. Make sure all four clamps on the base are on properly and USE THE BALL OF YOUR FOOT THE PRIME IT QUICK> Once you see a little water fill up you sont have to go as quick. After it fills up it will push water through the out put and you can then plug it in. Easiest set up I have ever had. Less than thirty seconds. If you cant get this its probably not connected right or you are not doing it quick. Use your feet If you cant afford this try the 700 and if thats still too much try the underwater cascade 600. the 600 is good to use if you have a cover and the hoses would get in the way. I have two on my other tank and they work awesome too and is more like a 3 in 1. I have done my research an am VERY happy with the 600 and 1000

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I attached this filter to my 60 gallon tank several weeks ago. I am extremely pleased! The filter is very quiet and has excellent flow. Assembly was fast, easy and leak proof. The valves and quck connections make this unit a breeze to disconnect and move to a sink for cleaning. The water quality and clarity is substantially better than my HOB unit. I highly recommend!

For some reason did not notice this was a US product with US voltage. Managed to blow fuses! I know this is a very good product but need to be compatible.

El filtro llegó de manera anticipada a lo programado por Amazon (primera estrella), a pesar de ser un producto de importación. Se incluyen las instrucciones a detalle y son muy fáciles de seguir (segunda estrella), incluye 3 canastas para material filtrante, una esponja de filtrado mecánico amplio, dos esponjas de filtrado mecánico fino y una bolsita con carbón activado. Incluso incluyen piezas de repuesto y dos opciones para el ingreso del agua al acuario. Una vez "purgado" (lo cual toma 5 minutos), el filtro trabaja sorprendentemente silencioso (tercera estrella), prácticamente no lo escucho funcionar y el único sonido que tengo es el del agua que ingresa al acuario. Como material filtrante agregué bio-bolas (filtro mecánico) y canutillo de cerámica (filtro biológico), después de un par de horas el agua en el acuario es totalmente cristalina y transparente (cuarta estrella). Después de 2 semanas el filtro continúa funcionando sin tema: no hay fugas, no se escucha al operar, el agua de la pecera está impecable, no puedo darle otra calificación de 5 estrellas. Especificaciones del acuario: 60 litros, plantado, con peces dorados y plecos.

Excelente filtro, mantiene muy limpia la pecera y no succiona a los peces como otros que son sumergibles