SunSunTech'n'Toy HW-603B 106 GPH 3-Stage External Canister Filter, 12 Piece Set

Reduces my maintenance big time, perfect size, and soundless... It's a good buy for tanks below 20 gallons.

buen producto,cumple su funcion perfecto. es muy silencioso a la fecha quedo genial en el acuario de 100 litros.

I purchased this item from seller M/s. Cloudtail India for Rs. 2027/- . Its a bit on the expensive side. But it is cheaper than its counterparts available in the market. Though it is Cheaper, it is still one of the reliable products available. Its value for the money.I have a planted tank set up of size 2.5ft x 0.85ft x 1.5ft. I have used this SunSun HW-603 Multistage Canister Filter in conjunction with SunSun HW-302 External Canister Filter. I have used this filter as Mechanical Filtration medium only.The Filter has 3 types of sponge or foam (coarse, medium and fine) along with a fine mesh for filtration purposes. It has an inlet stop valve and a pump attached to the canister at the outlet which can be removed for attaching the inlet and outlet tubing provided with accessories. The quality of tubing is good. The tubing is firm and takes a little bit of getting used to handling it. The inlet and outlet accessories are also of good quality. The canister is of good quality plastic and is sturdy. The lid has a rubber seal (O Ring) which seals the lid to the canister tightly with its soft plastic clips (these clips are not so strong so be careful while using it).I used the inlet and outlet accessories of HW302 Filter since my tank was big and attached the same to inlet tubing of HW603 and similarly the outlet tubing to the inlet of HW302 Filter (HW302 Filter was used for Bio Filtration only). The tubing easily slides inside the bigger tubing hence forming a tight seal. Before finishing the setup, I filled the HW603 canister with water from my tank to the brim; applied petroleum jelly (vaseline) on the rubber seal of the lid to get a tight seal and long life ( a tip i picked up from an youtube video for canister maintenance); sealed off the lid, opened the inlet stop valve, switched on the motor and let the water from my tank to flow through the tubing to the outlet (inside a bucket). Once the flow was established removing any air bubbles in the line, switched of the motor and closed the inlet stop valve and then proceeded for the remainder of the setup.The pump works very well has a good flow and its very quiet. There was no leakage observed during operation. Its working very well. There is a small leaflet (instruction manual) on how to set up the filter. This filter can be used for both mechanical and biological filtration by removing one of the sponges and replacing it with biological media. I left all the sponges intact except for the fine mesh. I added ceramic cylinders both at the top and bottom of the separators inside the canister and its works perfect.I have only started using it and for long term results, I shall update its status after six months.

Ok for price

The built in filter in my 5 gallon Fuval Chi cube is horribly inadequate and new pads weren't cheap, after realizing I spent nearly $50 in first year on filters I started looking to add a better filter.. Not wanting to disturb the steam line looks of this nice aquarium I knew I wanted to hide a canister filter at ground level under the server it was sitting on.. A lot of the nano canister filters I was looking at were for sitting level with the tank or hanging off the back, the pump wont work if you intend on putting it in a cabinet below, they also cost more than this.With over 3ft head it has great flow, tank looks really clean even with a small fancy goldfish making a mess, I put a layer of Hydroton at the bottom of the sponges for biological filtering. The Included tubing and hardware is very nice quality.Purging the air out was easy as you just flip the canister upside down until you hear the pump stall from air then flip it back over; keep repeating until no more air comes out.I am setting up a 55 gallon planted goldfish tank with a Magnum 350 filter I was given with the tank, I like the filter but it lacks any biological filtering. Now that I have seen this unit in person I intend to get the bare bones model of this with no pump, fill it up entirely with hydroton and install it inline with the output of the Magnum 350, should be more effective than adding a biowheel or another filter.The pump with this filter is quiet but does vibrate, I was hearing a hum coming from the pump, however when I picked it up it was hardly audible so a small section of egg-foam under it made it quiet enough to be accepted in my dining room. I also have the unit laying on its side since the shelf is not tall enough; does not seem to have any effect on it.

I have two turtles & this filter keeps their home clean