TARARIUM Fish Tank Filter Powerful 400GPH for 75-200 Gallon Large Aquarium Small Pond Fountain, Wave-Maker Submersible Water Pump Turtle Tank Filter for Saltwater & Freshwater System

Works beautifully. Very efficient. It has a powerful suction and outlet as well. and creates a beautiful flow in the tank. I am using it in a 190gal tank

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!!!

Easy set up, works great to keep 200g turtle tank clean in addition to main pump (turtles are notoriously messy).

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

Update: 1 Month+, rest remains as stated, really pleased with this pump. Algae bloom is gone, water changes, etc replaced faded decorations, restocked fish, added new pics. Less food is sucked into this filter than any I have had, it stays atop the water for hours!Negatives: Its blue vs black with silver sticker ( I may remove), bit short of a cord, can be loud with air, and if you let it get too clogged, it will be an issue, unlike external that just overflow past the clogged filter. You have to be careful with internal filters, I have experimented with methods. It has a bit of a learning curve coming from external filter. Way more pros than cons, so get those out of the way first.Bubbles are not necessary, but breaking the water surface is to release gasses, so angled upward flow to interrupt water seems best; I direct into the front glass and use the air clip to direct the flow into the corner pushing the water upward. I will be posting another review on the JQP-1000F in my 29 gallon, one picture included here to show angled air clip. The motor does get quieter the deeper in the water/tank, but it will breach the surface less, so I keep it near the top. I removed the air tube and capped it off. You can run this sucker sideways, at the top or bottom, really position it in any direction you see fit.For filtration, you want mechanical, biological, and chemical, in that order, with chemical (carbon) being optional. I experimented with a few setups. The sponges alone will do both mechanical and bio, but since you can customize, I did!Starting at the bottom, I have the rectangle sponge it ships with, then the circular one, with a standard blue/white filter pad on top, I have experimented with a 50 micron polishing pad on top of that. The middle one has the rectangle sponge with a blue/white filter pad behind and a polishing pad behind, and inside has the ceramic rings ( I have ceramic rocks so that maybe moot) and I place a polishing pad atop that. Finally, the third, the top cartridge, I have the square sponge, with blue/white filter pad, and 2 polishing pads behind, and inside I have bio balls, with a carbon infused sponge on top of the balls. I used plastic balls at first, then switched to smaller ones with a tiny sponge inside.The sponges are best on the outside, as my algae eater sucks on it, and filter pads get sucked out, it becomes hairy. The polishing pads collect stuff, but haven't really made the water clear as expected. Each layer does collect stuff, but it maybe a bit unnecessary and overkill.Keeping it clean and not over filtering matters. The sponges it ships with are more than adequate, but since you can customize this, I experimented. I may switch to 100 micron or greater polishing pads or just ditch them. The blue/white generic pad seems to do a good enough job with the sponges and doesn't restrict flow. The polishing pads can become an issue if clogged.If you restrict flow to much it will hurt or kill the fish!!!Previous remarks below:This is a day 2 review, so its a review in progress, but thus far I am quite please. This replaced a Aqueon 75 on a 75 gallon tank, after having had 2 of them and some 11 x 12 boxes of filters over the years... I have another 29 Gallon tank with a Aqueon 30 for now. I live in an area with lots of calcium, and it would build up on the external filter, and all over the lid, light, etc, yuk!!! Plus the external filters would make noise from water sounds to the motor when it gets dirty after time, and you can't clean them, I have tried, re-lubed, etc, they never go quiet or resume speed. Granted this may degrade over time, we shall see.This unit is quiet, louder than expected, but overall quieter than even a new Aqueon 75, less any water sounds, this unit makes none. Unless you open up the air, it can get pretty noisy then, unless you put it pretty deep, the bubbles make the noise, not the unit. I have it really low and it like spurts some air and its barely audible.I really like the options for flexible media, I added in some per some others pictures, and have some balls coming, and may add in some charcoal, the only likely to be semi-frequently replaceable aspect of the whole setup. I am please that I wont have to keep buying filters, and have some choice over what works and does not, and I can see some of it working in action. Loving the clear aspect, though wish the motor was black, but all other options that are black have different media and not clear.Only negatives thus far, power cord is kinda short, air tube regular is a little weak/plastic, doesn't fully turn off which is ok, gets me the bursts, and the motor being blue vs black. Long as this thing last, I will be VERY pleased, and tempted to buy a backup at the BF/CM prices since 2 x is like 1 x Aqueon 75. I also ordered the other smaller one for my 29 gallon, so I will have 2 of the same filter setups etc of the 2 sizes, small and medium. The large one draws too much wattage, or I would have gone that route, thus far so good!My pleco approves, and helped cleaned off the surface of the filter some, so that may help with clogging. Though I may swap out that media. I have a bit of a algae bloom, but the Aqueon 75 wasnt doing much even with new filters. I have released some sediment and it cleared it out pretty well, though the surface seems to have stuff, it does seem to clear but more floats there than I am used to, but that's good at feeding time. The suction is much less on the filter than I am used to, but it is sucking and filtering, and thus far doing its job! Any major changes I will update!Great product JQP-1500F thus far with a 2nd JQP-1000F on the way!

I l9ve this filter. I have always struggle with keeping fish alive and my filters always not working or breaking. This one has been amazing. Even when it seemed broken with a little inspection easy to unclog or fix. It does an amazing job with my 80 gallon tank freshwater. Easy to use and put together. The filters are easy to clean and reusable saving so much money.

Couple hours and it looked great. Give it a day and it'll look brand new. We had a fluval pump before and it was so annoying to get it started to the point of blisters and the cleaning was always so much work. This instantly worked when plugged in and filters easy rinse. The jet itself is a little intense but we aim it at a rock to break the flow a bit and Mississippi map turtles/fish love swimming in the current. Will buy these from now on for everything. Buy an aquatic magnet or something to hold it down. Doesn't want to stay submerged.

During my aquaristic journey, I’ve tried out different types of filters, most prominently HOBs. It was only that I decided I wanted to go with an internal filter for my 20G long full time, the reason being, I wanted a less cluttered look on the back of my tank, and I wanted to place the filter in a corner. I never enjoyed the look of the inlet pipe of my HOB being almost in the middle of the tank’s back wall.Now, this filter is rated for a minimum size of 35 gallon. It’s really strong, and I had to adapt the outlet pipe in order to make it work in a 20G long. Modification was easy with one of the three sponges that came with it enlarging the output and another smaller sponge I had laying around placed inside the larger sponge breaking and obstructing the flow of the output down to a gentle current that still reaches the end of the tank. Without these modifications, the current was too violent for the shape and size ofmy aquarium given the fact the filter is not recommended for sizes below 35 gallons.Nevertheless, I believe if the manufacturer added a flow control to this design, it could be the perfect application for a variety of tank sizes.The compartments are easy to detach and attach to the motor housing. I can only use two of the three compartments due to the smaller height of my tank. You can fill them with any media you prefer. No surprises here.Another boon is the fact my water changes now are done super easily. I attach a hose I already had from a different application, and easily drain the tank to the level I want to. While this is not vacuuming the ground, I have an Eheim gravel vacuum for precisely this need.In terms of operational noises, I cannot hear the filter at all. If this one lasts several or many years, I think I’ve found my favorite filter model at last.