Cheap,easy, and reliable. Great air pump.

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40 Gallon Community Tank
30 Gallon Tank
29 Gallon
90 Gallon Reef

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agreed with above cheap and easy quite

DEPENDABLE

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I have owned many of these air pumps over the years and have had most of them cease to work within a year or two of purchase. I usually buy larger than the size I actually need to decrease the work load of the pump, but that has not allowed them to demonstrate increased durability. They are relatively inexpensive and quiet, so that is a plus.

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8 tanks running now:
1x 220 gallon, 2x55 gallon, 1x40 gallon long, 1x29 gallon, 1x20 gallon long, 1x5.5 gallon, 1x2 gallon
Gouramis, barbs, rasboras, plecos, corys, tetras, fancy guppies, swordtails, ottos, rainbow shark, upside-down catfish, snails, and Max and Sparkles the bettas.

I have one of these from when they first came out, and it is still working great.

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55g - 1 oscar and 1 red zebra
30g(planted) - 3 Trilineatus cories, 3 peppered cories, 1 female betta, 2 gold rasboras, and snails.
50g - 4 lethrinops intermedius
46g Hex - 2 black neon tetras, 3 bloodfin tetras, 3 blue tetras, 2 snakeskin gouramis, 3 Agassizi corys, 2 von rio tetras ,and 1 pleco

It has lasted a very long time.

Got the 60 for my 55G and it does a good job, actually has to be limited quite a bit for only one airstone. I recommend this as my first air pump, with no problems for me yet.

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In my 29 gal:
4 serpae tetras
1 Flame tetras
1 Zebra Danio
1 German Blue Ram
In my 55 gal:
Trigun's 55g Tropical Community!
6 Glo-lite Tetras
4 Emerald Corys
1 Dwarf Gourami
4 Peppered Corys
25 Neon Tetras

works for my 6 gallon home for my corys and betta

Great air pump. The 4 leg design keeps the overall vibration way down which reduces sound a lot. Most of the time I can't even hear it on. The downside however is that because of the legs it can wander around a bit and sometimes tries to 'walk' away.

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75G Coldwater Setup (May 2011)
Angelfish Fry Development Project

Great product. Use it in a ten gallon. Only downside is that the feet are not strong enough when it's turned off, allowing the slightest bump to send it flying.

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A severe lack of trichogaster.

Just because your Gourami is sick does not mean it is always Iridovirus, DGIV, Gourami Disease, et cetera.
Look at all the other factors in your tank before coming to this conclusion.

Good pump, pumps plenty of air. Sometimes has a tendency to wander around, and if its not firmly on all fours it vibrates pretty hard increasing its noise.

I had one of these fail on me badly, actually produced some smoke this happened almost immediately though. Tetra actually replaced it with free shipping even since it was a rare defective pump. So that's great customer service, a major plus. I am running four of these right now, so obviously I trust and would reccommend them. Only really for smaller aquariums though, even the one rated for up to 100 gallons really doesn't seem to pump out that much air once you put an airstone at the bottom of your 55+g tank. Funny because some of them rated for smaller tanks actually produce more airflow than I wanted. I think the smaller models are great, but when it comes to larger tanks you would be better off investing a few more bucks in something else. All around good pumps, but I still love my old whisper box pump thats about 20 years old more! and yes, it is quiet, main reason I've stuck with this brand.

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No matter how much I learn or know I'm still gonna be a NOOB, but that doesn't mean I'm an idiot!

Its a great pump, it gives a lot of bubbles, and its real quiet, more than the other two ones i have. Besdies i really likes its shape.

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Fishless Cycle - Cycling with Fish

Have had this pump on my 28g tank now for about 2years with out a problem. Only problem i had was my cat chewed the airhose lol but not the pumps fault. Great product for the coin.

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Shaunjr_89

This has been a wonderfully reliable air pump for me. Can easily power multiple airstones or you can limit it down with a gang valve for lower flow in just one.

So long as you give it a smooth level surface, it will be very quiet. Unlevel surfaces will cause the vibration noise to increase and the pump may vibrate itself off to a new location.

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