About a week ago my filter on my platty tank died on me. I was tired with the old stand by's (wisper and AquaClear) so I decided to poke around on the net and find a reliable filter for a reasonable price. After some searching I found the Bio System 25 Power filter plus OXY Surface skimmer on Foster and Smith. I was reading over the schematics and the reviews and decided why not it's cheeper than a new AC and I need to get a few fish and chinchilla things anyway so I added it to my order. I received my order today and set up the filter an hour ago, I can already see an improvement in my water clarity. I'll keep everyone updated on how this new filter turns out.

Sweet that would be nice to know.

Nice, who makes it? Do you have a link so we can see...?

Good stinkin lincoln!

Foster and smith's brand. Heres a link Click.

Looks like a nice filter and holds the bio3 cartridges which I use in my Penguins and Whispers.

Looks like a nice filter. Let us know how it holds up.

Will do!

Yes please post some future updates. I will needing to replace two HOBs real soon and the Bio System 25's look promising. Thanks for sharing Mike

Interesting. Shape wise it looks looks like some of the newer tetra models.

Good luck with it.

Update: Doing my first water change I found that I have to clean off the filter media every time I change the water because so much crap was sucked up by the filter. With my old filter I had to clean off the media every 3rd or 4th water change which makes me think about how much stuff was being left behind by the old filter. So far I like what I'm seeing and if things continue to go well I might do a flip on all of my filters.

It's nice to know the new filter is working well for you.

Sounds like it's working great!

Sweet, maybe I'll try it out next time I need a filter.

I recommend it so far!