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13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
 great filter, better company Mar 20, 2010
By Kevin McGowan
"Linguist"
I have a cascade 700 canister in my 40 gallon heavily planted tank and it's a truly wonderful filter. It was easy to set up. It's powerful (all of my plants wave in the currents created by the spray bar and the fish seem to enjoy playing in it). My water is crystal clear and I love that I can put whatever media I want into the filter baskets. Best of all, the filter is really easy to clean: disconnect the hoses, carry the filter to the sink, replace the filter floss, reconnect the hoses, and plug it back in.
Last week one of my shut-off valves started dripping. I e-mailed Penn Plax to ask them where I could buy a new one and they replied to my e-mail within about 2 hours asking for my address and apologizing for the inconvenience. Today a large brown delivery truck arrived with a pair of new filters. I'm overjoyed. This is an awesome company.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Penn Plax Cascade 500 Rocks! Dec 25, 2007
By TechWrite
"Tech-comm"
I've been using a Penn Plax Cascade 500 for a year in my bowfront 29 gal tank. It's inaudible, a cinch to clean, and it does a great job of filtering the water. And it doesn't leak. I advised my son to get the same filter for his turtle tank but he got a Fluval 105 instead, and it's been nothing but problems. You're supposed to grease the o-ring with special Fluval grease every time you take it apart, and even then it continues to leak. In the end, it's easier to replace the o-ring every time you clean the filter, which is a joke. We're going to trash the Fluval and get another Penn Plax Cascade 500.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Extreemly Efficiant Jun 13, 2008
By R. Perrin
Works well up to it's specified capacity.
Relativly simple to set up ,clean , & reasemble.
Good quality product for the price in comparison to
to other higher priced units.
Will purchase this series of products again.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Worth The Price and Setup Apr 29, 2011
By HYYYPPPERRR
After purchasing a 29 gallon Aqueon combo I had to replace the Aqueon filter. The Aqueon filter was worthless and made the house smell awful. After much research into Canister Filters, I decided to give the Cascade 500 a try. It took only 2 hours to clear up the tank, and maybe 4 hours to make a noticeable difference in that awful smell. Yes, I'm reviewing this after having it run for four hours, but so far I'm ecstatic by the results and had to share. After setting up the tubing, it comes with 2 different options for the water return. You can have one big opening for the output which would create a small current (I assume), or you can do the setup where it takes pipes and has small holes in it (what I did). Setup took about 25 minutes. Make sure you run the activated charcoal under cold water (while in the tray) to rinse the dust off. I removed the charcoal from the mesh bag, it didn't specify to do so or not. Priming is a breeze. I noticed some people had problems with bubbles when priming, but a simple solution to combat that would be to prime it before plugging it in. Push the button a couple times and after hearing the sound of rushing water stop, plug it in and don't worry about it for 3 months. That's right, the media life on this filter is approximately 3 months.
When putting this together, it seemed as if people had trouble attaching the rubber hoses to the plastic tubing. There is a plastic nut that you'll want to screw all the way down on the plastic piece. Next you'll slide the hose as close as you can to the plastic nut. Then you'll loosen the nut to overlap on the hose, keeping it snuggly in place. Very easy, even for a 90 pound girl.
Another neat feature of this setup is that the skimmer and the return both have shutoff levers on them, making it easier to change out the media every three months. You can use the skimmer input to throttle the flow if necessary.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Great, cheap, canister filter Jan 06, 2011
By Bridge Burner
This is a great canister filter. I'm running it on a 20 gallon long, planted, tank. It's easy to set up, runs quiet, doesn't leak, and filters the water great. Compared to the other more expensive filters this runs just as well. Highly recommended...
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