Penguin Aquarium Filters

Choosing A Fish Tank Power Filter

When first starting out on their first fish tank, most beginners focus on ease, reliabilty and convenience especially in the realm of maintaining the aquatic life in their aquarium.  And all this while keeping their budget to the barest minimum.  This article will try to address these issues by focusing on Ole Faithful...The Power Filter.

Firstly, I need to say that no matter how much money you've poured into setting up your fish tank filter of how great you think it is, nothing improves the living condition of your aquarium more than changing the water regularly.  There is no real shortcut that you can take when it boils down to creating the ideal living condition for your fish.

In the world of Power Filters, three models stand out as the most popular because of their reliability and ease of use.  They are the Tetra Whisper, Marineland Emperor and Penguin, and Hagen Aquaclear.  These models have been in the market for quite some time now and are known to be easy to use and easy to maintain.  If you are justing starting out with Power Filters, I recommmend you consider any of these three.  Let's look at each in more detail.

Tetra's Whisper Power Filter

The Tetra Whisper Power Filters use only one impeller to direct water from the fish tank through its filter media and back into the aquarium.  The filter media cartridge is easy to use and easy to replace.  The filter media contains activated carbon for chemical filtration as well as floss as a mechanical filter.  Additionally, a bio-sponge is also incorporated to provide biological filtration.

Having only one moving part makes the Whisper easy to repair and maintain.  Just like its name explain, it is almost silent.The only down point to the Whisper filter is that the filter media is standardized and does not allow you to customize it if you intended to filter out ammonia or phosphate for example.

Marineland's Penguin and Emperor Power Filters

Penguin and Emperor by Marineland are renown for their Bio-Wheel design where the rotating wheel allows beneficial bacteria access to the atmosphere which has more oxygen than the tank.  This creates a more efficient biological filtration than any other filter is able to create.

These filters also uses a fixed cartridge for their filter media.  The Penguin models have fixed cartridges that cannot be customized but the Emperor filters have an additional cartridge space for you to add your own choice of chemical filter media.   Just like the Whisper, they are quite quiet except for the sound of the water through the Bio-Wheel which honestly is nice to listen to.

Hagen's Aquaclear Power Filters

Hagen's Aquaclear Power Filters are popular among fish breeders that like to customize their own filter media.  You have a choice of buying the filter media ready in pre-measured packets from Hagen or make up your own using a filter media bag.  But this might not be such a good idea it all you want is a quick filter media change because this model does not have simple cartridges.

There you go, three of the most popular choices of fish tank power filters on sale today.  Whether you're a newbie just venturing on your first aquarium or a seasoned breeder looking for a change, these models will give you what you are looking for:  reliability, efficiency and ease of use.

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