Hello there, welcome back to another edition of Pimp My Filter and in this video we're going to be taking a look at the second filter that was sent to me by Andrew. This one is the Eheim BioPower 200. It actually looks like a very funky design this one but it's quite simple in the way that it works. I'll just give you a few bits of information from the manufacturer and this has got good information on as well so I'm going to do it in liters and also in US gallons. The 200 is suitable for tanks between 100 and 200 liters which is 26 to 53 US gallons. The pump is capable of shifting between 210 and 650 liters per hour which is 55 to 172 US gallons. The pump is only 6 watts so it's a very efficient one to use this one but I would expect nothing less from the Germans. The Germans are able to do this. We've got a ball attachment on the top which can be taken off and that is our pump. It looks really weird, it's like a tennis ball. In fact it's pretty much exactly the same size as a tennis ball and that sits in that cup sort of arrangement there and you can adjust it anywhere you want in the tank. When you're trying to adjust it out of the water it is more difficult than in the water. The water seems to lubricate it and it makes it the hell of a lot easier to move. So don't drive on with it too much unless it's actually in the water. As far as the actual removable baskets go we've got one on the bottom which has a circular course foam and that one's got slits all the way around which allows the water to be drawn. It goes through the foam, up this central perforated tube, into here and that would ordinarily have that stuff in which is Eheim's substrate pro which is a scented glass media. It's actually a pretty good media that one but for whatever reason Andrew has chosen not to use it. It comes with two little bags of that and that would go in one, two sections. Now when you've got it filled with very small media like that you have to be careful taking it apart otherwise you're going to end up with it all over your floor. There we've got two sections of media. In there I've managed to fit 175 grams of biograble marine because this one is being used for a marine tank. So in total we've got about 350 grams of media. That packed it in really really tight. And then in the very top section there we've just got another lump of course foam. That's there basically to stop anything being sucked up into the pump impeller and damaging it. Really that is a pro, I don't know what more to see about this particular filter. You know you've got the pump which draws the water up through your foam and the media. I can't really sacrifice one of these containers to put any medium parts or fine parts in. I can't adjust that because of a central perforated column and the fact that it draws in from all the way around the sides. So that course foam has to stay there. That is our mechanical filtration. To be honest that's going to catch the majority of the muck. Before it heads up through two trays of media, we've got to protect the foam in there and then the water spat back out to the tank. That's probably the fastest video I've ever done because I did set this one up before I started filming. It's really really easy. You've got a little bit of mechanical filtration, a reasonable provision as far as internal filters go. For biological filtration, nowhere really to put chemical filtration. A pump with a decent output which is very economical to ruin. It easily lifted off the suckers that attach it to the inside of your aquarium. So that's a nice touch. Parts are always going to be available for this because it's e-heim. You can still get parts for filters that the stop made like 20 years ago. That's how much e-heim look after their customers. Nice filter. 350 grams of media is not a whole lot. It's not going to give you a full cycle on anything over 50 litres at best. So it really will be for a smaller aquarium if you want to see a full cycle. But as something that will just boost your existing filtration and provide a little bit extra clarity to the water, yes, a very good filter. I remember selling those when we had them in the shop and everybody who was sold them too was pleased. But I do think they were called something different. I'm sure it was something bowl or equal bowl or power bowl or something like that. It sounded like a dishwasher tablet or something, you know. But it was a pump. I'm sure it was that one. Now in the nest of the Trine Squeeze another minute or so out of this video. As you can see, what else comes with this filter? It's got three spare clips which is used here for our release mechanism on the various trays. That's a nice touch because they are quite small and if you brought one, you'd basically have to chop the filter away. So you've got three spares there which is awesome. You've got a little inlet which is adjustable for an airline which has a tiny little bit of pipe. Probably about two inches long but that's enough. That goes onto an extra nozzle and that goes onto the end of here like that. So as the water is being fired out, air is drawn in mixed with the water. That helps to agitate the water surface which in turn helps to release gases that are in the water. And exchange them with the atmosphere. Keeping the water surface agitated is very, very important in any tank. That enables you to do it very, very easy. Or if you didn't fancy that, you could swap it out for that which pushes in and that has one, two, three, four, five. Six little outlets on and that basically acts as a spray bar. So you can direct that wherever you want. Move your ball about and get the water flowing in a more diffused sort of a way but at the same time still disturbing the surface. So there you go, that's going to go back in the box, get sent back off to Andrew and I think we're about done here. I'm sure there will be a day when Eheim makes an arse of a filter but that day is not today. Thanks very much for watching. If you liked this video, give it a thumbs up, share it wherever you want and I shall see you next time. Remember if you've got a pump or a filter that you want me to take a look at, upgrade and send you back for free by all means get in touch, by email or by phone, my contact details, in the video description and also in the pinned comment. See you next time.