Indoor Aquatics Filtosmart 100, Black, 4 Piece Set

I buy a new filter with each tank I set up. These FiltoSmart 100s are my favorite for small tanks. They are a nice compact size that can accommodate a good amount of filter media, they have a stand that's removable in case you want to put it somewhere with less space, you can integrate the header right in the unit, and cleaning is easy. I like how there is an assembly that both tubes connect to, and you can give the assembly a twist and it disconnects both tubes and allows you to remove them together without any water spilling out. Then you can service the filter, and twist the tube connection assembly back on and you're done. And it's very quiet. I have two running behind me and I can't hear either of them.

Using this on a 30cm cube (7.2 gallon). Maybe a little overkill but I like the cleaner look using an external canister filter. Easy setup, leak free, and solid build quality. I’m using it with lily pipes and the flow is perfect. I don’t really like the dark tubing they give you so I bought some clear ones instead. It comes with sponges and bio media but I replaced the bio media with Seachem Matrix. Priming the filter is easy. With the top off, fill it up with as much water as you can then put the top back on. Then twist off the cap for the optional heater port and fill it up more until it’s just an inch or so away from overflowing. Screw the cap back on and plug it in. One thing to watch out for; there’s a small tube right near the propeller that fell off on mine. Make sure that’s plugged in.

the pump is quiet and powerful suction, but the hose is too short, I need to buy one more hose.

This is absolute prince of junk. Leaked straight out of the box from multiple points. Just a terrible, terrible product. Do not buy it.

The build quality is amazing, easy to set up. Very fast to clean with out making a mess.

Have this running on our 29 and wish I would have just stayed with the brand we use on all our other tanks. The water flow is very night, can barely feel it coming out the spray bar. Also, it was more complicated to set up than our favored brand with stiff parts we were worried we were going to break. For a 20 gallons or less I might like this more, but it said up to 30 gallons and on a 29...it just doesn't measure up. Very quiet though so that IS a plus!

Heater doesn't keep the fish tank too 76/78 degrees

The filter is very quiet and seems to be working well. What I did not appreciate it was shipped just in it's own box without any protection from damage. It was an obvious repackaged item and missing a filter bag. Thankfully that was all that seemed to be missing and it did not seem to be damaged. One of the blue nuts was lodged in one of the black pipes. So please keep this in mind when ordering, it may be previously opened and may be missing items.