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Penguin BIO-Wheel 100 Power Filter – up to 20 Gallon
Penguin BIO-Wheel 100 Power Filter - up to 20 Gallon
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Product Description
Join the millions of other demanding aquarists that have chosen Penguin filters with complete, 3-stage aquarium filtration to keep their aquarium clear, clean, and healthy. These Bio Wheel Aquarium filters are one of the best aquarium power filters for any aquarist. Check out these fantastic improvements to the already efficient Penguin line. A larger Bio-wheel means more area for nitrifying bacteria to grow, keeping your aquarium totally free of harmful ammonia and nitrites. Increased flow rates maintain optimum water circulation and insure proper Bio-wheel rotation. Adjustable mid-level intake strainer allows you to take aquarium water from mid-tank for complete circulation. The Penguin's all-new cover design and sealed motor dramatically reduces water noise while still maintaining optimum oxygenation. All Penguin filters use the handy Rite-Size filtration media cartridges so changing the filter is a snap. Penguin filter cartridges take care of all mechanical and chemical filtration in your aquarium and are extremely easy to replace. For complete, easy aquarium filtration for your aquarium, nothing works like a Penguin filter.
Details
- Filter has a 3 year warranty on performance.
- Filter is 5" x 5" x 7.5" high.
- Good up to a 20 gallon tank.
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I got my fish tank in 1998 and had an older BioWheel filter. However it was pretty much DOA when I got it as the wheel didn’t turn. I instead settled for an underground filter. However, the cartridge on that went bad last year (it always does every few months) and I forgot to replace it.
A few weeks ago I went to my Uncle’s house. He’s always been into fish tanks and I saw how clear his water was compared to mine. Being that I hadn’t cleaned my tank in a while I figured I should revamp it when I got home. I thought maybe my filter needed replaced.
Upon my return home I cleaned the tank and bought this filter for $20 at Petsmart (Amazon is great but the $31 seems a bit high for this compared to what I got it for). It only took a few hours and my water suddenly looked as good as my Uncle’s.
I also fixed the old filter, but this one works better. Sometimes I leave both of them on to provide extra oxygen. This filter has easy to change cartridges that need replaced about once a month or so. They’ll probably set you back a bit, but based on this filter’s performance so far I will definitely keep up the maintence.
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the filter works much better then my old whisper
its was a little loud at first but eventually got quiet.
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this thing is noisy (from the impeller). Its installed correctly and I went through the troubleshooting
section even though its pretty basic on how to install everything. I have older bio wheel filters and they seem
to have cut corners in the quality lately. I emailed the company to see if they will send me a replacement
impeller and they do not even bother to reply. Time to go to a company that makes better products and cares about the consumer..
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I purchased this without doing much shopping around and I regret it. I’m running it in a 20 gal aquarium I recently pulled out of storage and am disappointed. The filtration is about average (and adequate for my tank) for this type of filter, but, compared to the two other hang on the back filters I’ve had this one is much too loud.
It’s the impeller and it makes a rattling noise. I’ve taken it out and cleaned it, and let it run for 48 hours, and then stopped it and reseated it, hoping to get it to quiet down, but to no avail. I’ve had it running for 4 days now and haven’t even put any fish in because I don’t want to stress them out from the noise and vibrations. I don’t think I’ll return it, but it’s looking more like a waste of money every day.