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I’ve only had this a few weeks and it is making a terrible noise. I am going to contact the company, but am not happy it is doing this after such a short time using it.
I have been using the Marineland 200 Bio-wheel Filter on my 30 gallon tank for less than a year. It is supposed to be for up to a 50 gallon tank but it is barely powerful enough for my 30 gallon. A couple of months ago I started having restart problems with the filter. If power is disrupted to the tank, the filter is very hard to restart. The motor sounds like it is running, but it will not pull water into the filter. I doubt it will survive another power disruption. I am very disappointed that it did not even last for a year.
I have this stuck to a 29 gallon tank. Have 2 plecos and an oscar.
The noise is the only thing that bothers me but it’s kinda soothing. As a previous reviewer said just fill it up to the waterfall lip.
Cleaning is pretty easy,with that oscar I have to start doing it more often.
For the people talking about power surges ..is your tank hooked up to a surge protector? That might help.
gave it 3 stars – a little noisy(not a big deal) but also the bio wheel does not spin all the time.
I’ve had this product for over 9 months. I’ve never had 1 single restart problem. AS long as both intakes are underwater it runs even when water level is down 20% for water changes. This has been my only mechanical filter on a salt water tank & i’ve had no issues. I highly recomend it.
I have had my Penguin 200 with the bio-wheel for about a month now. Before I bought it, I did some research and read the reviews about this particular model. I saw all the bad press people were giving it about it’s “restart problems” and “Bad Connections” etc. etc. and I have to say, the only problem with the P-200 are the short-bus riders who don’t have their water ALL THE WAY UP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OUTPUT AREA.
5*s*t*a*r*s, the bio-wheel is super, it isn’t noisy (you know it’s on, but it doesn’t stop you from reading a book), and my fish have personally told me that they love it. My fish talk to me.