TetraPond 26596 Waterfall Filter, Up to 1000-Gallon,Black

Had it for about a month. No complaints or issues, seems to be doing what it’s supposed to do. Water is clear and fish & plants look happy with the water conditions.Super simple to set up. I combined mine with another out-of-pond electric filter, so the waterfall is getting pre-filtered water, which seems to be a great setup so far.

Easy to set up, durable and makes a very nice waterfall. Highly recommend for backyard streams!

I thought this would be a small skimpy thing, not so! I'd have to say save your money, don't buy the 2-300 waterfall filters, this one is amazing, and HUGE!!it has enough room for the foam round mat at the bottom, a full bag of media a(insides of a new pillow) and topped off with lava type media...and room left on top to throw water hyacinths so they have time to grow their roots back, giving it even more filtration bang, I think for 63$, no pond owner can go wrong with this, within days of installing this an my new 18 watt UV clarifier, my water was sooo clear I could count the rocks on the bottom(4 foot deep pond), simply amazing!And my KOI are more active and vibrant than before!A+ product.cons: comes covered with stickers, a real pain to get off, but this is definitely worth every penny and then some!!!2500 gallon koi pond owner

After 2 other type filters, I like this one much more. Makes a great waterfall, and the filter never slows down the flow. Unlike other filters that can get dirty and stop filtering, leaving your motor to burn up or worse, this one filters the water from the bottom up, and the filter (with lava rocks, not included)will just rise up and let the water bypass it when it gets full of scum. Easy to lift the rocks and filter off the top while the water still flows, no lids to unscrew, or hoses to remove. I wish that the water intake was at the front of the filter instead of the back, forcing you to run a line around back and trying to hide it. Also wish it could be half the price, but am still very happy with it. My koi pond is around 1000 to 1200 gallons, and this filter works great.7 years later, still going strong!! I like to lay plants on top of the rocks, looks better, and helps filter!

We bought this and a pump to make a filter and aerator for a 1000 gallon stock tank turned into a fish pond. it works great and love to listen to the waterfall noise. keeps the tank aeriated and fish use it to hide behind waterfall too, added lava rocks for filter. has to be cleaned regularly but that was to be expected as we had to keep it under a tree to keep water cool enough in summer in oklahoma.

This waterfall for a pond works very well, as long as you have a sufficiently large pump capacity. It is larger than it looks, and produces a nice even fall of water. Room inside for bio-balls and other filter material. Sturdy. A good value.

I purchased this Waterfall Filter for use with a Tetra Pond Debris-Handling Pump DHP3600, Ponds up to 3000 Gallons, Tetra Pond Tubing, Corrugated, 1 1/2 Inch x 20 Feet,and Tetra Pond Bio-Active Pressure Filter BP1500-UV, Ponds up to 1500 Gallons. The adapters they provided with the Waterfall were 1" and 1.25" intake adapters. I tried several things like a ton of plumbers tape and looked for connection adapters, none of them worked. Then, after some time, I eventually found that you could force/shove the 1.5" Corrugated tubing through the intake hole without any of the adapters! Now I have a nice, clean, & powerful Waterfall! No visible leaks from the tubing and intake hole. I placed some of the pond liner underneath the waterfalls and sloped it down so any leakage from the intake would flow back into the pond, just in case. My Koi are happily swimming around the pond and the water is nice & clear! And, you could also use lava rocks for the biomedia bag that they provide, it is much cheaper.

The waterfall itself is decent. It's nice and big, I get a lot of flow with my 3500 gph pump. I haven't had it long enough to test the difference in filtration but it seems good once you buy the bio balls.However the connection is terrible which is why I'm giving it 3 stars. First, I have no idea why it connects on the back, it should be on the side. Poor design. Then, it doesn't fit normal pipes well either. I have an indoor pond so I was very worried about use regular pond tubing after reading so much about it leaking or bursting. However, since the tetra tubing fit I tried it. Sure enough, within 5 minutes it was shot and burst water all over my floor and ceiling. So I decided to do what I originally wanted and use pvc. Because of the abnormal size I am still having trouble getting the leak to stop. It doesn't leak that much so if the pond was outside I probably wouldn't care. Less than a gallon lost a day. Indoors I have to have it all bone dry. I have tried teflon tape, electrical tape, gluing it very well, and putting foam over it and it still ends up leaking. I am going to try a few more things to seal it but if that doesn't work I will need to redo the pipe connection AGAIN. Very annoying.To sum it up, it is a good waterfall, but it hooks up very poorly and you could probably get a lot more for your money making something yourself.