Choosing A Fish Tank Power Filter

Most beginners to fish breeding will look for a system that is easy to use and maintain

, reliable and convenient especially if this was their first fish tank. And all this while keeping their budget to the barest minimum. This article will try to address these issues by focusing on Ole Faithful...The Power Filter.

First off, let me just point out that no matter how great is the filtration system that you've set up and how much money you've spent on it, nothing will maintain the aquarium in an ideal living condition more than regular water changes. There really are no quick fixes when in comes to creating a healthy environment for fish.

In the world of Power Filters, three models stand out as the most popular because of their reliability and ease of use. They are the Tetra Whisper, Marineland Emperor and Penguin, and Hagen Aquaclear. These models have been around for many years and are easy and not complex when it comes to maintaining and operating them. If you are new to Power filters, I recommend you start off with any of these. Let's look at each in more detail.

Tetra's Whisper Power Filter

The Tetra Whisper Power Filters are designed with only one impeller, drawing in water from the aquarium into its filter, flowing through its filter media before flowing back into the aquarium. The filter media cartridge is easy to use and easy to replace. The filter media contains activated carbon for chemical filtration as well as floss as a mechanical filter. Additionally, a bio-sponge is also incorporated to provide biological filtration.

Having only one moving part makes the Whisper easy to repair and maintain. And just like its name implies, it is very quiet.The only downside to it is that the filter media comes in fixed cartridges that cannot be customized, for example if you plan to also filter out ammonia or phosphate which in this case you can't.

Marineland's Penguin and Emperor Power Filters

Penguin and Emperor by Marineland are renown for their Bio-Wheel design where the rotating wheel allows beneficial bacteria access to the atmosphere which has more oxygen than the tank. This makes the biological function of this filter among the best there is in the market today.

These filters also uses a fixed cartridge for their filter media. The Penguin models do not support customization of filter media so you will have to stick with the standard media that they sell but the Emperor filters have an eztra cartridge space for your to add on additional filter medias if you choose to do extra chemical filtration.

Just like the Whisper, they are quite quiet except for the sound of the water through the Bio-Wheel which honestly is nice to listen to.

Hagen's Aquaclear Power Filters

Hagen's Aquaclear Power Filters are popular among fish breeders that like to customize their own filter media. You have a choice of buying the filter media ready in pre-measured packets from Hagen or make up your own using a filter media bag. But this might not be such a good idea it all you want is a quick filter media change because this model does not have simple cartridges.

These are three of the best choices of fish tank power filters available today. Whether you're new to the hobby or a veteran at fish breeding, these models will give you exactly what you really want: reliability, efficiency and ease of use.

by: Tim Kessler

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