Suggestions on filters?

[Deleted member 149562]

I agree with the above.
Aquael Turbo is a good internal filter.
It's main advantage is it has a container where you can put "any type of filter media" in it.
It's like the Aquaclear hang on filter with its big container for you to put any type of filter media.

I put Biohome filter media inside which can give you more surface area for the beneficial bacteria to grow.

At the bottom of the filter is a big sponge filter.
The negative point about this filter is this big sponge filter.
Since this sponge filter doesn't have any housing, it will release debris into the water whenever you take the filter out for cleaning. And this really make your water full of debris.
You might want to get something like a big plastic bottle/container that can enclose/cover the whole sponge before taking it out for cleaning.

Here is a video about the filter.

Biohome Filter Media – Professional Filter Media

I use mine without the sponge and just the container with whatever media that is needed.

My hex aquariums could handle the sponge if I wanted to use it but the long aquarium certainly could not due to lack of depth.

I like the Turbo's cos you can mix and match everything according to what your fish and their aquarium needs, they're brilliant for that, and you can easily buy extra containers too if you want more media room.

 

[itiwhetu]

It's weird that your internal filters can get burned.
By right, if your internal filters are submerged completely inside the water, the motor will always be in the water and there is no way for the motor to get burned.

In my opinion, the motor will only get burned when there is no water or not enough water. This occur mainly in "hang on "filters.
Other possibility could be when the power returned after the power outage, there could be some voltage surge that could damage the filters.
Other than this, I can't think of how the filters can get damaged.

In twenty years never had an internal burn out. They restart perfectly after power outages

 

[Essjay]

Years ago I had an internal filter, Hagen Trio 2000, which was made by the same company as Fluval filters. When the power was turned off, for example during a water change, it would not start again when it was plugged back in. Luckily the pump was easily removed and I had to lift it off the filter, and gently flick the impeller to start it again and then it worked perfectly until the next water change. But I did worry about what would happen if there was a power failure while we were away from home.

 

[itiwhetu]

Years ago I had an internal filter, Hagen Trio 2000, which was made by the same company as Fluval filters. When the power was turned off, for example during a water change, it would not start again when it was plugged back in. Luckily the pump was easily removed and I had to lift it off the filter, and gently flick the impeller to start it again and then it worked perfectly until the next water change. But I did worry about what would happen if there was a power failure while we were away from home.

Yuck, that's not good

 

[Deleted member 149562]

One thing I have noticed with the Turbo....well two things actually

When servicing it, getting the top off is flamin' hard work. Pulling the powerhead off is easy peasy...but its like breaking into Fort Knox trying to get into the container without breaking your fingers. They are NOT filters for those with long fingernails

Once you get inside and have done what you want with the media and its all back together again, you need to submerge the whole thing on its side then tip it back so that it fills up with water....otherwise you end up with all the hum and none of the flow from the powerhead outlet.

Second annoyance is getting the blessed thing back onto its carrier sometimes cos its designed by a male and thus chuffing awkward......very unladylike language whilst getting it to not only grab the slots on the carrier but to slide it down without it being sneaky and dropping to the bottom of the aquarium (a 2ft deep aquarium like my hex's can be "fun" to fish one's filter out of)

 

[Essjay]

Yuck, that's not good

That's the main reason I replaced it with a different brand filter. I had fun cutting up a long thin sponge to fit the new filter

 

[Lajos_Detari]

I use mine without the sponge and just the container with whatever media that is needed.

My hex aquariums could handle the sponge if I wanted to use it but the long aquarium certainly could not due to lack of depth.

I like the Turbo's cos you can mix and match everything according to what your fish and their aquarium needs, they're brilliant for that, and you can easily buy extra containers too if you want more media room.

Actually the sponge is big and it's like another sponge filter which can provide more surface area for the beneficial bacteria.
But at the same time, it's harder to clean this sponge without messing up the tank... LOL

By the way, I stopped using Aquael Turbo after a gill flukes(parasites) outbreak in my tank.
I was afraid that of the risks of reinfection by the parasites and I changed all my filters.

But recently, I reused the Aquael Turbo "container".
I used the container as "a prefilter" for my new canister filter by connecting the canister filter intake tube to the Aquael container.
So, it becomes a pre-filter for my canister filter.
I really like this Aquael Turbo.

 

[Lajos_Detari]

Years ago I had an internal filter, Hagen Trio 2000, which was made by the same company as Fluval filters. When the power was turned off, for example during a water change, it would not start again when it was plugged back in. Luckily the pump was easily removed and I had to lift it off the filter, and gently flick the impeller to start it again and then it worked perfectly until the next water change. But I did worry about what would happen if there was a power failure while we were away from home.

In that case, the Fluval internal filters could be having issue after any power outage or when turn off.

That's really bad.

 

[itiwhetu]

Here is my spin on filters. Go internal everything is in the tank. Eheim are by far the best my first Eheim filter I got in 1977 Fantastic, can't fault it. Cost is the issue. I turned to Hailea filters when I was setting up 15 tanks, a quarter of the price of Eheim. So what I did was buy two filters one for the tank and a backup, ( they were to cheap to last ). Over a ten year period I only used the backups about 6 times. the Hailea filters would sometimes run noisily (a tank should be seen not heard). The Hailea filters never failed and for the price they did everything I wanted them to do.

 

[Lajos_Detari]

Here is my spin on filters. Go internal everything is in the tank. Eheim are by far the best my first Eheim filter I got in 1977 Fantastic, can't fault it. Cost is the issue. I turned to Haliea filters when I was setting up 15 tanks, a quarter of the price of Eheim. So what I did was buy two filters one for the tank and a backup, ( they were to cheap to last ). Over a ten year period I only used the backups about 6 times. the Haliea filters would sometimes run noisily (a tank should be seen not heard). The Haliea filters never failed and for the price they did everything I wanted them to do.

You are right man.

Nowadays, I will buy mostly cheap filters from China and Taiwan and they are not bad too....

There are many manufacturers from China and Taiwan such as Sun Sun, Hailea, Dophin, Ocean free, Boyu, Shiruba or even the Japanese brand GEX.
Too many to mentions...

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