Patent ID: 7288189

Claim:
An aquarium assembly comprising: a tank including front, back, bottom and opposing side walls that collectively define a reservoir for holding fluid; a pump having an inlet portion and an outlet portion; a filter tube having a first end fluidly connected to the inlet of the pump and a second end defining an intake suspended in the reservoir above the bottom wall of the tank; and a multi-faceted intake filter for filtering fluid entering the intake of the filter tube wherein, upon activation of the pump, fluid from the reservoir is drawn through the filter body prior to reaching the intake, said intake filter including: a top surface portion, a bottom surface portion and a plurality of side surface portions that collectively define a filter body, said filter body being formed from a compressible foam and having a central axis; and a bore extending longitudinally into the filter body offset from the central axis, said bore having a first end exposed at the top surface portion leading to a second end that terminates prior to the bottom surface portion, said intake of the filter tube projecting into the bore while at least one of said plurality of side surface portions of the intake filter abuts one of the front, back and opposing side walls of the tank.