Hagen Aquaclear Power Filter 50
by Aquaboy on Thursday, June 10th, 2010 | 5 Comments
- 7″L X 4″W X 6 1/2″H with 2 1/2″ of its width behind the tank.
- Rated for up to a 30-50 gallon aquarium 200 gph
- Warranty: This filter has a lifetime guarantee against defects in materials and workmanship. This is does not include any replaceable parts such as impellers, cartridges etc.
Product Description
The Hagen AquaClear Power Filter is the best selling power filter available. Triple filtration offers superior biological, mechanical and chemical control capacities, all-in-one. Large surface foam and carbon inserts afford better filtration. The impeller provides a powerful water flow system that will remove organic toxins. A patented flow control feature, a basket to hold all filter media in one accessible place and a clear filter case for quick visual check of co… More >>
Hagen Aquaclear Power Filter 50
This is the best filter on the planet. I feel bad for the reviewer and his wife because something is wrong. They said the sponge keeps floating to the top. Thats impossible unless the media rack is broken or missing. The 3 sided media rack is the part that you must pull out of the filter with your thumb and index finger to get the media out. And when you stack the sponge and media bags in the rack and stand the sides of the rack up and hold tight with your thumb and index finger and push it back into the filter which locks the sponge and media in so that it is impossible to float. The media rack has spears that wont let it float. I hope that they shop around because its easy to find the replacement parts really cheep to fix it. They won’t regret it because I won’t use any other make filter anymore because no other filter ( including canister filters ) can hold a candle to Aquaclear power filters.
Rating: 5 / 5
My wife and I purchased this filtration system from PetSmart and were very pleased by how easy it was to setup and get running. For a while, the filter worked without a hitch. We replaced the carbon,bio, and sponge in cycles and even cleaned out the tubes, motor and reservoir too. Then the problems began only after a few months.
Our problem with this is that because the sponge, is placed at the bottom of the filter basket, it seems to always want to float upwards. When it floats upwards, it tends to knock the lid off and in one extreme case, it floated almost completely out of the filtration system and started dumping gallons of water all over the place. You can only imagine what it feels like to come home one afternoon from work to find this has occurred.
I think if this flaw in design can be corrected and made the suction tube a bit more easier to clean, this would be a superb product.
Rating: 2 / 5
What are You guys saying “it’s quiet”.
It’s noisy.
Yoy can hear the plastic hrrrrrum from the distance of 12 feet.
I checked a lot of filters recently and definitely won’t stay with tractor in small package.
The media idea compared to cartridge is a plus, but filters in these sizes should be undetecteble by Your ears.
C’MON
Rating: 1 / 5
I just love this filter! It does a great job! Keeps the water crystal clear! No other filter, in my opinion, does a better job. If I could give it more stars, I would!
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this filter for a 29 gallon tank that was laying dormant for many years. It works well; however; the Wisper 600 it was replacing was an infinitely better design. The vertical stacking of the filter medium means that all maintenance and media changes usually have to be done by taking it off the tank as opposed to the Whisper design where the media fits in a groove in the box seperating the filtered and unfiltered sections and can be removed and replaced without removing the filter from the tank. The design of the intake tube is also annoying; the slotted end (to prevent the fish from getting sucked up) is integrated into the lift tube both on the primary tube and the extension. This impedes water movement somewhat.
For the price ($26 with shipping) it’s the most filter power for the money. For better design and sturdier construction I would recommend Second Nature’s Whisper line at a considerable higher cost.
Rating: 3 / 5