Aqueon Filter Review QuietFlow LED - Aquarium Setup

Here’s my Aqueon QuietFlow LED Filter review and setup. These filters actually impressed me more than I thought. The price point is actually descent too. I’m on board with these filters more than others. Here is a link:

More beneficial fish talk:
One bristlenose will most likely be okay whether or not the tank has fully cycled, and with used media and decor from an established tank in reality it probably is cycled. Just monitor the fish and as long as it isn’t showing signs of stress or illness you’re probably okay. As for the nitrates, test your tap water. If you have high nitrates right out of the tap you can either do one or more big water changes with R/O water (bought from a store or collected from a home R/O unit), or heavily plant your tank and plan on doing smaller water changes as a matter of course relying on the plants to process out the nitrates you are adding with the tap water. As for where to buy R/O water if you need to get it from a store, I recommend using those dispensers you see inside or right out front of a lot of grocery stores. They are WAY cheaper than what most pet stores will sell you and the process they use is not any different.

Make sure you use lots of plants though if you go that route. The goal is for the plants to consume the nitrates from both the tap water and the converted fish waste.

As long as you transferred the filter from an established tank you shoild be alright. Its how i start all my tanks now. You may get a small ammonia spike but should clear up within a couple days. Sponge filters work great for this. thanks for the advice everyone! i went out and got some anubias for the tank for the time being, until i can get something better. i’ll be doing a 50% water change with different water later tonight, but I just noticed white spots on my pleco? im not sure if i should be concerned about illness or if he burnt himself (its right where he laid against the heater this morning and im just now seeing this).

That's not a bristlenose pleco. It's a common and will outgrow that tank in a few months time. Anubias may help some but as a slower growing plant it's not going to make much of a difference.

Yikes, yeah that does look like a common pleco which will get much too big for your tank. Anubias is a great plant, but grows slowly so without super high light it won’t take your nitrates down much (and even with high light other plants will do it quicker). Check out java fern and valisineria as alternatives that will grow faster but still be super easy to care for. With enough light val in particular will carpet out and grow high very quickly which means it can suck down a lot of nitrates. Another route would be floating plants which are pretty much all by necessity heavy water column feeders that grow quickly. Just don’t opt for the more invasive floaters like duckweed unless you are pretty committed to wanting a permanent layer of it on the surface of your water.

As for the mark on the pleco, based on the shape of it I suspect it may be a heater burn like you guessed, but whether it’s that or other illness you will want to monitor for infection or other worsening symptoms. You may want to consider dosing some meds regardless for a few reasons. 1) if it isn’t a burn, you want to treat the illness 2) if it is a burn and becomes infected you want to treat that 3) quarantining and medicating all incoming fish so they don’t bring anything unwanted into your aquarium is not a bad idea anyway. Since you don’t have a giant tank and you only have the one fish in it (but it’s been in there already rather than sitting in quarantine) I would probably dose the entire tank. Not everyone is into the medicated quarantine, but I’ve become a believer.

You many need to supplement his diet. They need driftwood, algae wafers, blood worms, veggies etc for a balanced diet. Your tank alone will not provide enough algae for 1 "algeaeater" alone in the long run. BN places only get about 4" and are docile.

thanks everyone ! i appreciate the help, i was way surprised and over my head with this surprise fish since it’s my first tank that isn’t centered around a betta. my stepdad and i are looking at potential upgrades for the near future and will hopefully be deciding as to whether or not i’m going to keep this guy and upgrade him or return him and get a bristlenose. he’s got fluval bug bite sinking granules for now and will be getting another water change tomorrow in the mean time. google can be mad overwhelming sometimes.

[lisah]

For the past 5 years, I’ve been using an Aqueon QuietFlow 50. It has always bothered me that there was a sensor that only lasted 3 months. I never knew how to pop it out. Thanks for the review and information.

[Jonerod]

Also the Fluval 70 sponges fit will into these along with some bio rings. As long as the sponge is sitting loosely in these then it’s still catching debris and growing bacteria

[danseabreeze]

If I was forced to buy any other hob other than Aqua Clear I would prefer the Whisper IQ much more to the Aqueon. The water in the Whisper IQ is released in the chamber much lower giving the media a better chance to have contract with the water current and the Whisper IQ has much better ratings and built to last longer.

[willywuson]

I have two of these running in 55 gallon tank working Awesome 👌 with two wave makes one 1050, and a 700.

[heatherhanson]

I have this filter on a 55 gallon and it is awesome.. I modified it a little.. put a sponge right after the intake area.. then i use bio balls in the two chambers.. and then use the two course sponges in the blue adapter thingy..

[mujahidthamagnificent]

I just purchased my second Aqueon 75 one on my 80 gallon and another on the new 75 gallon I just bought... I've cleaned my filter and it's not self priming while I can hear the motor running alongwith feeling pressure on the intake valve? What am I missing/ what am I doing wrong & what's the solution_ I'm also running sponge filters

[Matthew.E.Kelly.]

I have several of the QuietFlow and QFLED filters, from the tiny ones to a couple medium-sized ones and one of the larger ones as shown in the video. I like how easy it is to customize and layer the filter media in these things, since most of the tanks I have them in are 10-20 gallon nanos with bettas in them. Being able to lower the flow rate by simply adding media layers is a bonus for us betta guys who also don't do the tiny little tanks like most betta keepers do :)

Looking at them vs the AquaTech (which I deal with at work all the time) they seem comparable, but the actual motor is more durable. I had an AquaTech blow out after 9 months whereas the Aqueons go for over a year, even jammed with extra media, without any problems. I'm not saying don't buy the AquaTech if you're comfortable with the sizes/flow rates they make, but the Aqueon is more common and lasts longer in my experience.

Note also that I recommend also as Chris did buying filter sponge, pads and cotton, some double-layered media if you like, and some filter media bags to dump a bit of carbon into for your own builds. Chambers can be filled with so many things to hang onto beneficial bacteria. As noted in the video if you take a media bag and fill it with your own rocks and carbon, it'll save you the hassle of replacing "premade" filters constantly and you can keep the cycle going easily.

[onehitterquitter]

That's the filter you buy when youre a newbie. 😁 Then when you buy your next tank you move up to aqua clear.

[Cichlids]

I have the Aqueon, Quiet flow 30 and love it... pushes 200 gph ( its on my 29gallon now)
Just Today, while swooshing the net around during a water change, I smacked the intake tube off, water was spraying about, then ran it dry....I unplugged it, rebuilt it, refilled it and its rock solid once again.. I got mine on sale at I think Petsmart for like $24.99...funny it was the only one they had and I bought it in an emergency because my Aquaclear 70 on my 55g tank crapped out!! I never bothered with that led button..

[Apollo-]

There’s 2 batteries in there, when water touches the probe it lights up, I love this filter

[georgeduncan]

I use the trays for slices of polyfilter ... monrhly in aqueons

[BearskiPiranha]

Water temperature has the effect on most fish... I keep the rana tank at 77 degrees, keeping them just a bit calmer... less active, less aggressive...🧠💪🏻🐟🤓👍🏻

[aquaballs]

I have been beating on this filter so far its doing good for me only thing is I replaced the filter floss with sponge works better for me

[misodinamosa]

The first problem with this filter is the motor it keeps falling off into the aquarium.😮 also, my impeller came out and somehow the little ends came off. I have suspicions my Oscar has something to do with that. He’s very curious about things invading his territory! Also the space where it hangs is too wide. I lost over twenty gallons leaking out the box because I didn’t realize it was tilting backwards. It happened over a day so I didn’t catch it right off.
This filter has been a huge headache & a big waste of money. I would not recommend this filter.

[danseabreeze]

When I was a kid my mother only used the Aqua Clears. When I took up the hobby also, I also used Aqua Clear. The first time I saw a filter in which the water did not come up from below but rather from the side, and on top of that had slanted cartridges I took it back and I'm still using Aqua Clear. It's SO obvious how they want to force the customer to buy their stupid cartridges!

[Apollo-]

I use the aqueon 75 led pro exclusively

[SlackTideWanderer]

Been using one of the 75 for about two years now, did what you said cut that middle partition out, use an aquaclear sponge, and I put fluval biomedia in the blue tray at the spillway, I really like it so far

[AngelosFishTanks]

Hi Chris how’s it. I actually have 3 of these filters. I picked them up about a year ago on sale they were half priced. I actually have plans to modify one in the near future 😉😁

[heidisfishtank]

The penguin 350 is on sale which is why it’s $25 right now but you can get the 400 on sale at Petsmart right now for $50 too

[angryfish]

I use Marineland 350, Emperor 400, and Eheim Libery 200 HOB filters but I prefer using Eheim & Fluval as far as canister filters go for 90 gallons+ size aquariums...