Reddit reviews Aqueon QuietFlow 10 Aquarium Power Filter

5.5 gallon tank from petco - 12 dollars (or if you can go today 10 gallon for 10 dollars plus tax)

Heater - 12 to 15 dollars (I like this one but there is also this one here)

Filter - 13 dollars to 25 dollars (It may need baffled or This one though it's a bit more expensive but I prefer it just remember a filter is just something to push water through it. Also can look into sponge filters)

Substrate - 0 for bare bottom or 10 dollars for some cheap sand at petco This sand to be exact.

Light - 42 dollars This is what I'd buy but you can find cheaper or just do grow lights in little plug ins

I'd keep at least 30 for plants but you can get some cheaper live plants or maybe find some cuttings for free.

Total is 47 dollars for a proper set up not including plants since I don't know what you can do in your area. With my over priced light for your set up it's 89

If you're looking to swap with someone here or buy you could add your zipcode since this is the swap reddit. And you can also ask this type of info on the r/Aquariums reddit.... but since i saw your question, I have a few 5 gal and I like the Cobalt Aquatics 25 watt heaters because you can change the temperature as opposed to a preset, but they are a little expensive (to me at least).

Since I was on a tight budget, I bought the Topfin setup and hated it. The filter stopped working after a month, I returned it and they let me exchange it for an Aqueon Quietflow 10. You can sub in small media like Matrix or I really like ChemiBlue Nano but it removes tannins. If you take the hood off, the light goes with it so you can't see in the tank. I'd skip it and get a glass lid. It didn't come with a heater I don't remember. So, I've also used the Aqueon 50 watt presets, but sort of depends on ambient room temp (mine's on an outside wall, so fine for shrimp, not for fish as much). Amazon, Drs Foster and Smith, and Chewy all have cheaper prices than the big box stores unless you catch a sale. Drs F & S also have the glass lids for the tanks (Marine land for TopFin tanks and VersaTop for Aqueon tanks). This cheap little light is perfect for a 5 gal and bright too, and only $10. Aqueon Quietflow 10 is only $16 on Amazon. I used Petco Sand for $5/bag you can mix with your gravel. And used API root tabs. Great cheap driftwood and I did the research reading the bad comments lol. Perfect for nano tanks.

Looking at a picture of the filter housing, what you took a picture is the bottom of the impeller housing. So you would want to unplug it and look and see if the impeller is damaged or something is preventing it from turning.

If you can't get it to work, and you use Amazon, get one of these guys http://www.amazon.com/Aqueon-06080-QuietFlow-Filter-100GPH/dp/B000SP65N8/ref=sr_1_2?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1398060693&sr=1-2&keywords=quietflow or alternative the quietflow 20 for a little bigger filter.

I'm really close to having my first setup cycled based on those same tanks (although in 70 gallon for the fish and 50 for the gb). I'm really happy with them. A couple things to know about them:

• The drain plug at the bottom of the 70+ gallon tanks (the 50 doesn't have a drain) might need some tightening to fully prevent any leaks. Mine took quite a bit. I gave up on it and accepted the leak, then it seated itself and stopped. Weird.
  
• They flex and deform more than you'd think. So make sure your grow bed is well supported if it's raised.
  
  I used Grow Stones as my medium. More expensive but for a small system I figured it was worth it. Since they're made of recycled bottles they fit nicely with the resource minimization goals that most AP practitioners have. They're nice and light and very porous but need extensive rinsing/soaking to get the calcium carbonate off them, which will throw off your pH.
  
  In my limited experience so far, here's what I've learned and/or would have done differently:
  
  
• Avoid anything that will alter your pH. Test your grow medium to know what will happen.
  
• Avoid anything that will leach chemicals in to the system. Recycled HDPE, as much as you'd like to use it, is of unknown origin and might leach. I figured it was safer not to use the recycled stuff.
  
• Avoid metals. According to various aquarium forums, they will eventually harm your fish, even stainless steel.
  
• Do a fishless cycle. Don't listen to what your aquarium store tells you.
  
• When you add fish, quarantine them for 2 weeks so you can treat any diseases they come with (and many of them will) with whatever toxic slurry works best. Then when they're nice and healthy, add to your system for real. Be prepared for a bunch of water changes, but you can set up a quarantine tank for about $40 with a rubbermaid bin, a heater, air stone, and one of these for good measure: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000SP65N8/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
  
  Hope that helps. If I'm wrong on any of this I'd love to know about it!

Well I already have the tank and it is 10 gallons. Im pretty anal lol but I dont want to go to overboard on the spending, I just want something that will do everything that its supposed to well, nothing flashy or crazy expensive. What Im most frustrated about finding is the hood that holds a light for the tank. I found this filter which got good reviews http://www.amazon.com/Aqueon-06080-QuietFlow-Filter-100GPH/dp/B000SP65N8/ref=pd_ybh_1 but im not sure how i can put a top on the tank with that on the side =/

If I were putting together a 10g this is how I would do it.

Tank will be 15 almost anywhere

http://www.amazon.com/Aqueon-06080-QuietFlow-Filter-100GPH/dp/B000SP65N8

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=3790

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00343BF9K/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1418842474&sr=1-1&pi=AC_SY200_QL40&dpPl=1&dpID=41MX4DlHT%2BL&ref=plSrch

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002DVYCJO/ref=s9_simh_hm_b3FMiYF_d0_g199_i18

10 Gallon Tank w/ Endlers Livebearers

1x 10 gallon tank empty tank without hood $10

2x Super Bright clip on LEDs from ebay $14

3x 5lbs gravel bags $10

1x 25 watt heater $10

1x Aqueon Filter $12

Dual Sponge Filter and Air Pump $15

Endlers The worlds best fish!

Endlers are prolific, colorful, rare, and have a better persoanlity than chicilids (I have both)

I still have a bucket of gravel that was in with them but it's also got a ton of feces and gunk mixed in it. I was just going to throw it away because I got some sand to replace it but I guess I could rinse it off? I have their bigger rocks sitting in some bleach water with the air pumps because they are covered in algae.


https://www.amazon.com/Aqueon-06080-QuietFlow-Filter-100GPH/dp/B000SP65N8/ref=sr_1_4?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1487887023&sr=1-4&keywords=AQUArium+filter this is the filter

Honestly, those internal filters are a PITA, and take up a lot of space in an already small tank.

Look at HOB filters. I prefer canister filters, but for a ten, Go with something like this.

[this] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000SP65N8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) filter. Please if it's not good enough tell me. It's still in the amazon box so I should have no problem sending it back. Either me or my friend will take the fish home over summer (most likely me cause shes just in on it cause she wants a fish) I have been told twice now to read the guides on the sidebar and that's a sure will do. Any suggestions on light sources and if I don't get real plants, should I get and air pump? Also, suggestion on heater?

Hello! I love bettas! They are awesome fish to upkeep! They also have the most interesting personalities! (I swear the one I have in my bedroom stares at me sometimes when he's extra hungry)

1. Bettas like pretty normal temperatures (76-82ºF/24-27ºC), but with a 10G you will need a heater. When you go look at filters you will see that the size you get depends on your tank, so you will get a 10 gallon filter. I suggest an Aqueon, you can't go wrong with that.
   
2. Try something this heater, it has a thermostat so you have more control. You can find a cheap thermometer at the pet store that will suction to the side. I have my bettas in a 5 gallon and they do rather well.
   
3. Do you want live plants? That's a whole other level of tank. It's fun and challenging sometimes. Java Ferns, anubias, marimo balls and java moss.
   
4. Bettas love themselves and playing, I'd avoid mirrors though that could stress them out from trying to protect their territory from themselves. You can get a betta hammock for it to nap in, a snail for it to flare up at every once and a while, I even put ghost shrimp in the tank for mine, and when one dies he plays with it and eats it (circle of life)
   
5. I've gotten all mine at Petco.
   
6. The substrate depends on if you want to plant your tank.
   
7. Yes yes yes yes yes yes!
   
8. Here's this easy guide if you want to read it

Well, it does is a hard challenge for a beginner, but doing a properly carpeted nano-Aquascape (~20l <=> ~5g <=> ~2.0 × 10^-2 m^3) with DIY CO2 and a small sponge filter is doable in <150$

A quick, small suggestion:

Tank, ~13l <=> 3.4g, 40$

Soil, 20$

Light, 40$

stones, 25$

Filter, 10$,


1 pot Monte carlo or some other easy carpet plant at your lfs: 8€

We‘re left with 7$ for ~4 RCS, I guess.

I assumed you construct you DIY CO2 from an old bottle with sugar and yeast, so 0$ effetivly.

For cycling and food some free samples of fish food does the job. When food rots it emits ammonia, that could be used for cycling.

So here we go, every thing ready for a nice iwagumi-aquascape. If you do well, it might looks like this (That Tank has HC as carpet, but Monte carlo looks similar)!

Well, if you‘re willing to put up a dozens of hours on studying to to properly keep a planted tank.

edit: Wrong link for tank, this was the one I mistakenly linked to. Still a nice, small tank, tho. Also some additions for clearance.

Alright that makes a bit more sense, I have an Aqueon Quiet Flow 10 found here http://www.amazon.com/Aqueon-06080-QuietFlow-Filter-100GPH/dp/B000SP65N8
I replaced the blue biological insert at the end with a peice of filter sponge to diffuse the current into the tank and create more biological filtratiion

I have a 10 gallon tank that is about to be fishless (moving the only inhabitant to a different tank, a small Panda Garra that was in a transitional period to change its diet) and I want to try Shrimp.

• I seem to have a decent grasp on whats required except in regards to filtration. I currently own an Aqueon Quiet Flow 10 and a Topfin Internal Filter 10. If I added a sponge around the intake of the Aqueon, would that work for a shrimp tank or would that be too strong? The Topfin looks nice, but it also takes up space in the tank.
  
  
• I use the tank as a "hospital tank" for plants. I've got some clippings of Anubias, Amazon Sword, Hygrophila, and some Vallisneria. I could easily add some moss to the tank as I heard shrimp like moss.
  
  
• Substrated would probably be EcoComplete as that is what is in the tank right now.
  
  Would this work for some Cherry or Ghost Shrimp?

it's this one: https://www.amazon.com/Aqueon-QuietFlow-Aquarium-Power-Filters/dp/B000SP65N8

Im going to guess no, that doesn't mean 40gal, because they don't have a 40gal option I can find and why would they include 0?

Amazon has a comparison chart with dimensions, perhaps that will get you in the right direction.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000SP65N8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_BnGxDbHK4ESVA

Another way is a way I figured out recently: Get a HOB filter. They look like this, and are usually pretty cheap for how well they work. Get some aquarium sponge, not kitchen sponge, and cut it in a circle. Then make two incisions in an X shape in the middle and slide it up the intake rod. That'll baffle your filter, and it's cheap. Here is how I did mine.