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 enlarge | Brand: ZooMed
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $139.98
Buy New: $34.99
You Save: $104.99 (75%)
New (6) from $34.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 46661
Media: Misc.
Size: Filter is 3 1/2" x 5.9" x 6 1/2" high.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.5
Dimensions (in): 8 x 4 x 4
MPN: TC-30
UPC: 097612023206
EAN: 0097612023206
ASIN: B0002DIRPU
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Great little filter for small tanks September 9, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased it for a 20 gallon turtle tank. It has two chambers. One with the carbon container and ceramic pieces and the other chamber contains a hard foam wheel.br /The unit draws and returns clear water very nicely. As an experiment, I removed the foam wheel and filled the chamber with polyester filer fiber, the stuff you use in a regular filter. To my amazement, the unit now filters small particles 3-5 times better than the foam wheel did, so this is what I now use. The bag containing the carbon can be replaced with a nylon stocking filled with the carbon you buy at a pet store, no need to buy the OEM.br /br /This filter works better if you have a normal rectangular aquarium, since it will need to be in the center of the tank for optimum filtration. It would not work as well in a long tank as there is not enough water current to move far away particles to the filer.br /br /Overall, for the money, it's one teriffic filter, happy I got it.br /With the addition of the filter fiber, it does the job even better.br /I highly recommend this filter.br /
 I found the secret for this filter. August 25, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This product has had strangely mixed reviews, from exuberant to downright hate mail. I bought it because I thought that the other canister filter I was considering would be too powerful and would churn up the water too much for my small turtles. br /br /When you test a filter, you can't just look at the water and say it works great; you have to test the water. Believe me, the turtles can tell the difference when there is a high ammonia content. You would too, if you were swimming in your own pee! br /br /I've had this filter for 4 weeks. The first three weeks I could get no bio filtration at all, and the ammonia stayed at a high level. Then for the last week the filter has worked great and my ammonia is down at zero. br /br /So I can highly recommend this product for a small tank normally used for baby turtles. What I do NOT recommend is the carbon inserts that go with the product! The insert is basically a disposable bag of activated carbon that is machined into smooth pellets. These pellets do a horrible job of absorbing the organics that they are supposed to control.br /br /In the third week, I went to the aquarium store, bought a nylon bag, and filled it with over-the-counter activated carbon. These are basically raw chips of coal. The rough sides of the coal provide ample porous surface area for absorption. Also the activated carbon at the pet store comes a lot cheaper than the 501 carbon inserts.br /br /You don't know clean water until you see the difference between the pellets and the activated carbon chips; you'll see the difference in just one day. But what's more important is that one week later, my ammonia is down to zero.br /br /Turtles create a LOT of ammonia. With the right carbon, this filter will do the job. The proof is in the testing.br /
Great Filter for Turtles AND Fish December 30, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I recently received two hatchling ear sliders as a gift. Having a 35 gallon hexagonal tank already, we re-outfitted it for turtle usage (floating island, turtle-safe heater, submersible filter, dual heat lamps [night and daylight], thermometers, etc.) and turned everything on. The submersible "drop in" filter was terrible. It did a barely competent job of keeping the water clean and it was loud. That's right, completely submerged, and it was louder than many over-the-back tank filters I have owned (came in a kit, so not a terrible suprise).br /br /I obtained the 501, and now I wonder why I ever used another filter on any tank. This thing runs silent as the grave. Once the system gets any residual oxygen out of the lines, the only sound you hear is from the drip-tube (and if you angle the holes towards the back wall of the aquarium, you don't hear a thing). The suction is strong enough to really pull waste from the gravel at the opposite end of the tank, and the water cleared in less than two hours from its formerly murky state.br /br /This aquarium also houses feeder fish for the turtles, and the detrius can build up quite quickly. No problem for the 501, plus with the drip tube given sufficient height over the water, I really have no need for an air bubbler, as the surface oxygen exchange is excellent with such a high flow rate/pressure.br /br /An excellent buy, I give this product my highest recommendation.
best so far November 21, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
i've tried many different filters for my turtle tank. they all either clogged and stopped working, or just weren't able to get any of the dirt out. with this filter, i still find myself cleaning my tank often (every 2-3 weeks) but it is not nearly as bad as with previous filters i've used (basically all the other ones cheaper than this one, suggested in petstores). though it would be nice to not have to clean the tank as often, turtles just are messy little creatures, and this filter is the only one that can somewhat handle all the mess.
Love it for Terrariums November 16, 2006
I came up with my own terrarium design (part terra/part water in a large 40+ gal tank) for dart frogs and this filter works great for it, actually wouldn't have been able to create the unique design without the capabilities of this particular type of filter.br /
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