I saw all the rave reviews and really wanted to love this (teal colored) fountain especially as it is GLAZED.  The color is fine.  The size is on the dinky side but okay.  As one comment states, the flow control is inside the base of the fountain, so you have to dump all the water and take the whole thing apart to adjust the water flow.  I had to do this as I thought it would fix the problem of a lot of splashing.  I put it on the medium setting, and leveled the fountain with the shims, but a considerable amount of water is still splashing out.  Therefore, I have to add water every day because of this.  Also, due to the softer flow (the full-flow was quite noisy and splashed more) water does not run down every groove of each tier as it is supposed to unless there is enough water in the basin(s).  I don’t know if I’m returning this.  I probably should.