TARARIUM Aquarium Filter Powerful 260GPH for 35-75 Gallon Fish Tank Small Pond Fountain, Wave-Maker Submersible Water Pump Turtle Tank Filter for Saltwater & Freshwater System

I bought the TARARIUM Aquarium Filter Powerful 260GPH for 35-75 Gallon Fish Tank filter for my red eared slider turtle's tank (55 gallon tank with about 25 gallons of water). I rescued the turtle and honestly had no idea how dirty these guys are. I have had to replace multiple filters, so I bought this as a replacement and as a second filter to the one I already had. The filter uses no cartridges (saves $$), it has foam that you take out and clean each time it needs cleaning. The foam gets dirty pretty quickly but there is no additional cost for extra filters unless the foam detierorates, although that has not been an issue yet! It functions well and cleans the water and the filth well. It has a hose that uses air (I attach the hose to my a fake plants branch) and it creates a strong stream or current that my turtle loves to stand in, the pressure massages him! I have had the filter for a few months now and I waited to write the review so I could provide a real review and I am extremely happy with this filter. I would buy again and recommend. It is durable, quiet and my turtle loves it! I reached out to the company when I received it because I thought I was missing something and they responded right away. Customer service is good too! I don't know how it would be for fish, the water is pushed pretty hard by the air, but I am happy with it for my turtle!!!

I like it. For its price it’s worth buying. It can be noisy but just stick a small piece of paper towel in the little black piece that you hang out the tank and it’s quiet. You can also adjust that little piece for more or less bubbles. Just be warned it’s a small and powerful filter so you’re going to have to clean the little sponges every week and still do water changes every 2 weeks. It can also works as an air pump so that makes doing water changes the old fashioned bucket way a lot easier. Still vacuum substrate when needed. Any fish smaller than an inch will get tossed around by this. I think thats about it. Overall a good filter I use it for my 60 gal aquarium with 4 EB Acaras and 2 EB Dempseys. I do also have a sponge filter. More filtration is always better especially when you’re overstocked to help tame aggression.

I have one of these filters in each of my 4 tanks. 3 freshwater and recently decided to give it a try in my newer saltwater tank because the filter I had, wasn't doing a good enough job. I honestly, cannot recommend this filter enough. It does an incredible job of maintaining balance in all of my tanks, with the added bonus of providing surface agitation and flow in all of my tanks. It is by far superior to air stones and pumps which are never enough to create enough oxygen in the tanks. Especially larger tanks. Cleaning is an absolute breeze, and replacement filters are easy enough to find. You cannot beat the price of this filter system, especially considering how well it works. I will be a forever customer.

The pumped worked fine for about 3 days then the filter sponges would get sucked into the pumps intake and completely stop the flow of water. I changed the filters out and it still did it. I think it’s too powerful for the sponges put in it. It is great for a water pump not for a filter.

The filter in this fish tank works very well, it's quiet, and the water is clear and easy to clean.

This little fish filter is actually pretty awesome. It’s very quiet compared to the waterfall version filters and I like the current it offers. The fish seemed to really like it. It’s also very easy to clean although you do need to clean it a bit more often because it sits much lower in the tank

I purchased this filter because I am a big fan of the sponge system and because I wanted to use the air supply option in order to better circulate water and provide oxygen for the plants in my fish tank. I have a 36 gal tank and I thought this filter would work for me but I believe I should have gone with a different one as the power is just too strong. I tried using the air supply option and it tore my plants and my poor fish were hiding from the current. So I lowered the strength but even at the lowest it is still pretty powerful. I then thought about laying it at the bottom with the spout facing the top of the tank so the air would to straight up as a bubbler, but the air hose that came with is was too short. Needless to say I am bummed because I was very excited about this filter. I think it would work great in a larger tank as a wave maker. I love how easy to put together and use it was. But I will be returning it and getting a less powerful one.

For context, 55 gallon freshwater tank and we’ve tried a lot of filters. After losing our tropical fish of 7 years to a Christmas Eve heater failure we’ve since had fancy goldfish. Goldfish although lovable are very dirty. We spent hours researching and reading reviews and landed on this one. It has one setting for water flow, an adjustable set up for air flow, it’s easy to install and clean. It can also be used for water changes to pump excess water out when needed. This is our first submergible and we’ve been extremely pleased with it thus far. The fact that it’s not $300, it’s quiet, our fish don’t mind the stronger current, and we don’t have to bother with additional purchases for media and expensive filter cartridges has been a pleasant surprise! We don’t have near the evaporation loss and our fish appear to be happy and adjusted well to the stronger current. Initially, they stuck to one side of the tank. Mind you with no apparent stress or concern. Video provided is with AC and TV turned off. We don’t notice the sound at all when everything is on. P.S.A if you love your fish and care about your time and investments set an alarm on your phone every 3 years to replace your thermostat people. That inexpensive thermostat failing killed all of our fish overnight and I was distraught wondering what could have possibly happened the next morning.

Not bad, easy to set up. A few reviews complaining about the air flow blowing their fish around and no way to stop/slow it. I just had to stop by Petsmart and purchase a new air line and an air line controller. I was able to adjust the flow of bubbles. Only 3 stairs because even though it wasn’t bad - it couldn’t keep my tank clean for more than a day or two.

Works great. One of my favourite filters, but the pressure can't be changed and it is definitely too much for my 20 gallon! This one would be great for a larger tank

Bought for Mr T. Works good/great for a 55 gallon tank. But it attack it constantly. Maybe the water flow is too strong. Hope he'll get use to it. On second day after purchase.

Very loud due to it's power. Not for me,

Aquarium Filter works really well in just a days use since arriving