MarinaS15 Power Filter

This filter is 98% perfection. I have a delta tail male Betta fish and I needed an affordable, effective, sightly, and adjustable filter for his new tank. I have a 5 gallon tank and this filter fits perfectly and you can barely see it. It's slim and you can see when it needs cleaning or filter cartridge replacements. The adjustability is very handy for when I need it to be strong or weak depending on the conditions of my fish and my tank. My only complaints are very minimal and don't affect my opinion on whether or not people should buy this filter at all.1. It does vibrate a bit. You can feel it when you touch the tank and sometimes the lid of the filter, the cord, or the lid of the tank will rattle if they sit against each other occasionally. It's easy to fix and adjust ad necessary, it's not incredibly loud (not silent either but not noticeably so), and it does NOT affect the fish. My fish is in perfect health and has had zero health issues at all since I've started using this filter (it's been months now).2. It's not the strongest of filters even at the highest setting and doesn't have the fastest flow or the best spreading of water. However, this also means it doesn't throw my fish around the tank, which is what my concerns were with buying a filter. This issue really doesn't affect my fish, but if you have a fish that poops a ton and you feed flaky or messy food, this might be a little problematic for you.This filter really is the absolute best for beginners and it's designed very well. Very worth the price, very effective, exactly what I was looking for. This is the ideal filter for a 5 gallon tank. I wouldn't go bigger than 15 gallons for this filter though.

This filter is so awful. The motor rattles so badly and vibrates the whole intake pipe and makes such a loud racket, it is unbearable. I wanted a hang on back type filter and this is the 2nd brand I've tried and they make so much noise! No wonder they are so rare to find here. Also they have a european plug and come with no adapter!Update: I have received a replacement unit and it does the same thing! Not quite AS bad as the first one but still makes a hell if a racket!

On my hunt for a good and silent filter, this was my third attempt.I was first irritated that this, the second hob filter from amazon.co.uk, once again had an EU plug. I would of thought the co.uk... would help prevent this.I was impressed by the space of storage for the media, it had far more space then what I was currently using.It was easy to set up, self priming worked just fine.Unfortunately it was VERY noisy. The motor in the water was almost touching the glass and the vibration went from the motor, up the arm and it made the whole filter box vibrate.I tried to pad the motor arm where it touched the filter box with no success. Returned.

Easy fitment together.Over hangs on the side of the tank which frees up space in the tank as previous filter was internal.Triple filter and quite powerful and good for my 60l tank and I have only one fantail Goldfish so she is loving it.....Only disappointment was it came with a US plug but I had an adapter at home so one star knocked off that....It's replacing an smaller size Marina filter.It's provided to be a reliable make and quality

I am not sure if I got a faulty pump or is that the nature of the beast, but the thing is loud. Even after priming and getting rid of all the air form the inside, it can be easily heard from across the room. Maybe with a big tank it would make less of an issue, hence I am still giving it 3 stars, because the quality is good and it DOES what it's supposed to do. But for a smaller tank it's not the best choice.