Zoo Med Power Sweep

[canadawest]

Bought a pair of these when I was new to the hobby about 5-6 years ago.

Same experience as others above, little buggers get clogged with even a grain of sand and stop rotating. If you pull apart and keep clean often they do live up to thier "sweeping" billing. Flow rates on them are paltry though even when operating as advertised. They barely move any water volume.

I would vote for Power-Sweeps on the Top 10 crappiest products for the saltwater aquarium. Live and learn when wasting money as a newbie.

You are better off with a bulletproof Maxijet powerhead and one of the new Hydor rotating devices attached to it. I have had one running for 2 months and no problems. A friend has had one in his tank for 8 months and only removed it to clean it once in that time.

Just my $0.02 worth