is the fluval biolife filter any good??

[dolly_daydream]

i got one today from pets at home for £10 honestly £10 i seen it on the shelf with the price tag i thought you,ve got to be kidding me but the shop is shutting the fish part down so they,ve lowered the prices,anyway ive heard of fluval before obviously as i have a fluval 4 in 1 of my tanks,but ive never heard of this i haven,t put it in yet,i plan on doind it some time next week,so is it any good and was it really a bargain like i thought

 

[Joviella]

I bought a fluval biolife filter. I thought I was getting a bargain at the time(I paid £30 instead of the then £60 pricetag)
I have to be honest and say it was the worst spent money ever. I think these filters are useless.....I would stick with normal internal fluval filters or go with the eheim externals(great filters)
Sorry.....but hope this helps.

 

[smithrc]

not happy with ours either.

it came with our tropiquarium 88 and i was quite excited about trying a wet/dry filter - and its poo.

I'll be sticking with fluval though as all my other filters are great (2+, 3+, 4+ and 304 external)

 

[sakaspuds]

would you say an internal one is better than an external one?

 

[Tropjunky]

externals are better cos u got more space inside and u can put more media in it. i used to use internals and i didn't like taking it out to clean it and the externals u jus unplug no need to go into the tank (less stress) simple and easy.

I used to sell filter and i've only sold one biolife.

 

[sakaspuds]

i use internal ones at the moment, but have wanted to try externals... maybe my next one will be an external one

 

[smithrc]

the internal / external debate still has me on the fence.

OK external is great for media and also tank asetics. however, i have open plan tank stands and nowhere to hide an external (the 304 is just sitting next to the 50gal at the moment, hidden by a foot poof)

internals are a simple solution with no risk of leaks etc...