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For 50 year, fishkeeping enthusiasts have looked to the Tetra name for products and solutions that add ease and beauty to their home. Whether you're an experienced hobbyist or just starting out, Tetra has everything you need–-from a large variety of quality fish food and innovative equipment to test kits and decor. The Waterfall Filter allows to you to easily create a beautiful waterfall for your pond. This easy-to-assemble filter provides both mechanical and biological filtration and can be easily hidden with rocks and pond decoration. Benefits of the Waterfall Filter include increased aeration for your pond and cleaner and healthier pond water. The Waterfall Filter creates beautiful waterfalls quickly and easily. The mesh bag allows for the addition of bio-media (6-8 liters of Bio-Activators) for effective filtration for ponds up to 1000 gallons. Easy to install and blend into landscape. Use with pumps 500 to 4500 GPH. 2-year limited warranty.
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Easily Create a Beautiful Waterfall
The TetraPond Waterfall Filter allows to you to easily create a beautiful waterfall for your pond. This easy-to-assemble filter provides both mechanical and biological filtration and can be easily hidden with rocks and pond decoration. Benefits of the TetraPond Waterfall filter include increased aeration for your pond and cleaner and healthier pond water.
- Waterfall disappears into landscape
- Use with pumps between 500 and 4500 gallons per hour
- Use with 1 in. or 1 ¼ in. ID tubing
How it Works
- Pond water is pumped into the bottom of the filter.
- Water rises upwards through a fiber mat, which traps suspended dirt and debris.
- Water flows through lava rock or TetraPond Bio-activators (not included) where beneficial bacteria naturally colonizes to convert harmful pollutants into relatively harmless nitrates.
- Water exits the filter via an extra-long spillway to create a waterfall. Ridges on the underside of the spillway prevent dripping.
Mechanical Filtration
Pond water is pumped into the bottom of the filter. It rises upwards through a fiber mat, which traps suspended dirt and debris.
Biological Filtration - Lava Rock or bio-media in Mesh Bag
Beneficial bacteria will naturally colonize on the rough surfaces of the lava rock or other bio-media (not included) and convert harmful pollutants in the pond water into relatively harmless nitrates. Nitrates are absorbed by aquatic plants and can also be removed from the pond through partial water changes. This process is known as the nitrogen cycle.
Bio-Activators
TetraPond’s new open-profile bio-activators offer a superior filtration performance over closed bio-media and lava rock. These bio-activators have been perfected and used in the commercial aquaculture industry where demanding filtration is required due to extreme environmental conditions. The advanced technological design of the bio-activators provides a large active surface area for the beneficial bacteria to colonize.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2024
Easy to set up, durable and makes a very nice waterfall. Highly recommend for backyard streams!
D. Williams III
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2024
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.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2024
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.
Maya
Reviewed in Canada on June 18, 2023
The media could not be loaded.
bayousara
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2023
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.
Lynn Armstrong
Reviewed in Canada on July 30, 2020
It was everything I wantedUsing it in my koi pond
Nahanni
Reviewed in Canada on June 4, 2020
Great product. I have had this for 3 years with no issues. Very happy with it.
Liane
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2017
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.
Elizabeth Gujdan
Reviewed in Canada on May 3, 2016
Excellent, sturdy, well formed - everything you need for a waterfall plus the added benefit of filtering. Easy to integrate into pond environment with easy to understand instructions. However for the price, I would expect some teflon plumber's tape and the clamps to be included with the kit. My pond needed to be redone after 25 years, and I always wanted a waterfall - and now I have one!! Main work is done, now for plants and details and more camouflage for the waterfall (I could set mine further back into my hill without damaging too many roots of well loved shrubs and plants, so it is set a little more forward than is optimal, but still creates a beautiful effect). Love it!
a.j. thalakkat
Reviewed in Canada on April 13, 2015
Nice product..make sure to get the hose connection as leak proof as possible...I used plumbers tape, silicon sealant and a steel clamp.check the level before installing to get the best possible waterfall effect....Works fine and good filteration..used some lava rocks and activated carbon with the provided foam
cloudwalker
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2012
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!
Carie
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2011
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
Darthglycine
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2010
I purchased this Waterfall Filter for use with a , ,and . 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.
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