Product Description

200 gph, for up to 50 gallon tank. Maintain a crystal clear, healthy aquarium. Three-stage filtration system with mechanical, chemical, and biological filtration in one reliable, easy to maintain unit. BIO-Wheel for superior biological filtration.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13006 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Size: Filter is 9.25" x 5.5" x 7.75" high.
• Brand: MarineLand
• Dimensions: 8.00" h x 9.50" w x 6.50" l, 2.70 pounds

Features

• Maintain a crystal clear, healthy aquarium with our Marineland Penguin BIO-Wheel Power Aquarium Filter
• Offered in a variety of
• Three-stage filtration system with mechanical, chemical, and biological filtration in one reliable and easy to maintain unit

Customer Reviews

Would not start for me
The pump just bubbles. There is not a tight seal between the pump and the pipe. I tried for 90 minutes to get it to start. Had it going for about 10 seconds but it quit.


Appears to be made of really cheap molded PVC. It's not expensive, but then again it does not work either.

Also, it is extremely loud.

filter review
this is the best "out-of-tank" filter that i have ever had. it clears my tank up quicker than my undergravel filter did and it airates my water. im happy the fish are happy. what else could i hope for?

Restart Problem, Loses Prime, Power Failure, Bad!
This "Improved" Filter is a BIG loser! If you have a power failure it will not consistantly restart! I bought 5 Penguin 150's and 4 are in service. When power fails sometimes one will not restart, and one time none of the four would restart! I turn them off to feed the fish and 95% of the time one or more of them will NOT restart. I have to pour a little water into the impeller area to get a prime going. Think about when you go on vacation and you have a power failure just after you depart. Dead fish!
This is a failure of engineering and failure of quality control.
When I called the United Pet Group (the owners of MarineLand)I got a runaround. They asked if I had sand in it, If I had cleaned it, if I had an air leak in the intake tube (all four of them new?!) and a bunch of questions to NOT answer the question of what is wrong with this "New" series of Penguin Filters. You better believe they know what the problem is and why it is a problem but it will be to expensive to recall all the filters out there. So us suckers will buy a failed product. I expect more of MarineLand!
I am buying all the Penguin 125's (the old version) I can find on eBay to replace these units.