Zoo Med 501...

[chris]

has anyone tried this filter? it's a canister type for for "turtles and reptiles" that is good up to 30 gallons. i just bought one and it has ceramic and carbon filtering. it was 45 bucks at Petsmart so i thought "why not". it seems pretty good so far. anyone else try one or have one?

 

[michael]

Hi Chris,
It's a nice little filter. One problem is when the power goes off it tends to loose suction and needs restarted. The power went off for 2 minutes this week and mine finally was done for. I replaced it with a Whisper internal filter. They come in 3 different sizes. They start right up after a power outage. I want to experiment a little with using other media in the whispers to make them a little more biologically enhanced. I intend to replace all of my filters with ones that will automatically restart after a short power outage.
I did like the 501 when it worked.

 

[jennifer]

For something this specific, it's pretty easy to search for old posts:
http://www.caudata.org/forum/messages/7618/17350.html?1117650120

 

[clarence]

I have a zoomed 501 and find it works great for my axolotls

 

[andrew]

I got one, and I ordered it from here:
http://www.bigappleherp.com/Reptile_Supplies/Product/External_Turtle_Filter_501_298600.html

Its pretty good, and recently ordered another one for my Rough Skinned Newts.