Warning! ! ! ! ! !

[keeferno]

Never ever buy a Zoo Med Powersweep. They may look like a cool idea which is how I got suckered into buying one. Within a week it quickly became the noisiest powerhead I've ever heard but this is not the problem.
They include with it a very large, very ugly sponge prefilter that is placed over the intake to prevent fish and other things from being sucked into it. Not wanting to lose any of my fish I was certain to put this on. This thing is a giant pain in the a$$ because it colects so much stuff in it. But again this is not the problem.
I got a beautiful bubble anenome a couple weeks ago and he has been doing great. The clownfish took to him and he got the bubble tips. He always stayed open for the clown and was in all-around great shape. So this morning I wake up to find he had roamed a little and lo and behold there he is stuck to the powerhead. Now he was not stuck to the intake which was protected by the sponge filter. Instead, there he is with a good portion of his body sucked up into the flow control knob and I must emphasize sucked into, not stuck to. Needless to say my bubble anenome died and I owe it all to Zoo Med.
DO NOT BUY THEIR PRODUCTS, you will be glad you didn't.

 

[wamp]

Most on this board feel the same way you do about this product.. However, I had one and it worked fine for me... But I did clean it often, and ran that ugly prefilter.. If you don't it will stop working.

 

[n2deep]

Keeferno, Sorry for your loss. I agree that power head BLOWS!! I got suckered too. You should let Zoo med know what happend and see if they have the balls to do anything about it!! Good Luck

 

[kpogue]

I have 2 - a little one in my 30 and a big one in my 150 ( I don't remember the model #'s but they are the size for the tank). The one in my 30 has worked flawlessly. The one in my 150 has been a PIA! I called them and they sent me new gears for it, no good, So I called them again and they agreed to send me a new unit. I will say this though, they didn't give me any hassel at all. We'll see when the new one comes, but, I won't be buying any more.

 

[10k]

Just to let everyone know....Zoo-Med will do nothing! I have e-mailed them several times, over the past year, with absolutely no response. Sounds to me like they don't stand behind their product.......huh? Imagine that..

 

[beth]

How would the anemone get stuck in the flow knob?
This problem is not just related to Zoo, I had the same thing happen with my MaxiJet. I had the inlet screen, but the anemone got sucked in. My feeling is that the anemone was likely not doing too well if it was so easily sucked in thru a PH screen.

 

[kpogue]

Call them by phone, they were very helpful.