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Haha so funn Cich, I literally emailed that number to my work last night so I could call today, but called after 5 and they did not pick up. Will try tomorrow, was just wondering if someone knew. Seems bizarre how hard it is to get watts information on a ton of pumps, when that is one of the...

Haha I did not buy one MrBryan, just investing various different brands and models and what not.

Like the Magnaflow and what not, it is seemingly proving hard as heck to find the watts on these things. Didn't even see it listed on Marineland's site. Thanks!

Well heck, here is a 370 GPH SunSun on Ebay for $29.99 shipped, I don't think that can be beat!!! Well, those were gone quick haha, no longer available!

Thank you johnbirg! I saw those get a good review in a few other places as well. How many watts does that one use? Looking for something to give me pretty good GPH-to-Watt ratios hopefully. Thanks!

Oh wow, I totally missed aussieJJDude! That I think was what I was getting at as to why they MIGHT have a much higher aquarium gallon max size rating than any other canister filter for a given level of pump GPH. Do not other pumps not force water through the media? Is the bypass thing the...

Like one of these? Looks to use the same exact motors that SunSuns use, maybe its just a rebadged SunSun, only at a cheaper price. They seem to be a little less efficient than the Eheims and Fluvals and what not, but with the cost savings up front I'd guess it would take years to actually...

Yes JayH, you are saying just what I was wondering. It makes sense that it is just some *overly* optimistic ratings from long ago. I first I started thinking it would be nuts to leave them elevated, they could get sued, but when you look at it from a different perspective they might be more...

Thanks JayH. I understand they are all optimistic, but I am asking is there a particular reason why one manufacturer would be PARTICULARLY optimistic as to one class of its filters, not only more so than other manufactures, but even more so than it is with respect to another class of its...

Thanks everyone! So, like I said I understand those manufacturer ratings are, let's just call it, optimistic. But I am still wondering why the Eheims are rated at such high gallon capacities relative to their rated pump gallon-per-hour outputs. It gets even weirder, look at these numbers...

I'm researching canister filters, generally trying to figure out what is the most power efficient. I noticed something. Eheim filters are rated way higher as far as maximum aquarium gallons per gallon-per-hour of pump than all the other brands I've looked at so far. Not, their PUMPS are not...

No. Again: 1. I want to try a canister filter. 2. Are there any known canister filters or brands thereof that are more efficient energy (watts) wise, per filtering ability, than other brands or filters? Thanks.

I might get a canister filter soon, really just to try one out. This would probably be for a 75 gallon tank, but I might stick it on a smaller one. So long and short if it is I am not sure for what aquarium yet haha. So I am just starting to look into them preliminarily. Are any brands or...

Thanks nikm128, but it is weird, I went like 4x on the prime. They seem to do it no matter how much or how little I put in! Very weird!

and you see this, does your mind go to not enough de-chlorinator was used, or too much was used? Thanks!

So, swiss tropicals was confusing as heck to me as well. I would guess you need to start here. (this came from clicking on the "Filtration" tab on the upper right of main page, and you can see it on this link as well. http://www.swisstropicals.com/filtration-shop/

So, I started thinking. Can we be sure these are not apple snails? I know they are in Texas. If they are, is there any harm keeping those baby snails in a 10 gallon tank with my mystery tank baby snails? I would guess not, that they won't harm each other, and can't interbreed, and I'll just...

I think it would be fun as heck to make your own, and experiment with different poreosities, materials, etc. Does anyone know how these three things are made? For ceramics and sintered glass, from some reading I've done it seems you start with some kind of sponge, pour in you raw materials in...

I would love to build one, but to build one wouldn't I need to have a sponge to start with? Or is making one's own sponge easy?

Texas, Houston area. I already see some little snail babies in the water below those contraptions. Haha, what I didn't take a picture of was another water contraption that also had at least as many snail eggs as I got from the lake, probably more. And that total was literally 1% or less of...