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 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.

Best pump I've had. Works great in our half-barrel water garden/pond. Keeps the water clear and moving. Has to be cleaned often, like every other day, because it catches everything. Cleaning is easy so not a big deal... I love it.

This is a nice filter! I didn't expect it to work as well as my other waterfall filter, but it does the job. All you have to do is rinse out the filter sponges, no need to buy charcoal filled filters again.The only thing that is say is NOT a plus is I have to rinse out the sponge filters quite often, but it's not really a bother as I do it with the bi-weekly water change anyway.

Very poor design. The filter gets sucked into the pump because it's not held in place and the pump is too strong. See photo. The first time it happened, thought it got clogged from working too well. Then it happened again. After every cleaning, the topmost filter will get half sucked in as in picture. And so it runs but won't filter. Will need to shop around for another filter brand

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.

**Updating to say that the seller reached out and is working to resolve this. Worked great for 2 months, now it's not filtering. My tank water started turning green. Took it out to clean the filters and there was nothing in them which tells me it's no longer filtering the water. Tried to contact customer service and of course no help. Guess I'll go spend more $$ on another filter.

I love this filter. It has been working for a year without giving me problems. My tank is 35 gallons and I clean the filter every month. I had to replace it because my dog ate the cable while I was washing the filter. 1 of the plastic came broken but no problem because I had extra from the old one. Now I have 5 attachment instead of 3. My tank is always clean. I like the water flow because you can put it steady or with pause. No more filter cartridges to buy, just was wash and put them back on.