The processing and the accessories are good. Also the low energy consumption is positive. Unfortunately, however, interfere with quite a lot of things. Even the filter is fairly quiet, but:
- The filter is a shrimp - grave
The slots of the suction chambers are too large. I found several adult Red Fire - shrimp in it. They lived luckily still.
- Fish Trap
The filter is attached with 2 large suction cups. After the filter is quite a lot of space. Since schhon found after a short time a Neon its end.
- Filter cartridge
The supplied filter cartridge is much too big. You can see through it loose. Because remain determined not suspended it.
- Wasseransaugumg
The filter pulls water through an opening through which he actually should not.
I have a sock over the entire filter pulled to make it safe for shrimps. This can be seen afterwards, where the filter pulls water everywhere.
For example, by connecting the upper and lower part. The 2 printheads to open the filter draw water.
- Construction of the filter
In the pictures and also when the unit unpacks the store time, everything looks positively. In practice, however, the filter must be completely submerged. If the top cover even little in contact with the air it draws a lot of air and is unbearably loud.
This means that the outflow can not over the water surface. Even curved tubes to change, these are not included. This way you can move the Wasseroberflöche only from below, which is not always sufficient. So I have despite the strong effluent problems to eliminate the scum completely.
- Cleaning the filter
There are 2 ways.
First, you can be completely removed the filters. That, however, remove the 2 very gorßne suckers, which is quite a Gerappel and you involuntarily transported suspended in the basin again.
Second, you can remove the filter directly in the basin part. But this is not easy and dirt in the water is guaranteed.
Conclusion:
Who stops (larger) fish for the filter in order, but even then you should urgently use immediately a finer filter sponge, or something similar.
I'm against it rather disappointed by initial satisfaction and keep the device for a bad design. This now refers to my experience of 2 weeks when I had to continually correct my review here down. Assuming then the more settled above price, there is the evaluation with only one star.
--- Update 30.11.2014 ---
Now it is official. I do not recommend the filter not only absolute. I guess even it off! Because the water only very slowly came out of the filter outlet, I had to clean the filter today. I poured the contents of the filter cup into a bucket and suddenly saw something wriggle. 1 fish (adult Neon tetras) and 2 Red Fire shrimp were caught in the filter. Fortunately, the animals have somehow survived. And all that, although over the entire filter was (except below) pulled a stocking.
