The FREESEA Aquarium Power Filter Pump was originally listed as a UV Filter Pump that is made for aquarium tanks in which the power filter pump must be submerged.
UV Filters are designed to clear up tanks that have experienced an algae bloom (green water/hard to see) or bacteria bloom (white cloudiness).
This is not going to clean the algae stuck on your glass, nor is it 100% to eliminate certain things, as it must pass through the UV light inside the canister unit.
But it will work as an extra addition to a tank and also adds increased surface agitation.
And last, the filter helps disinfect bacteria from the water, but only if bacteria passes in front of the UV light.
Pretty much the unit is good to go right out of the box. The instructions aren’t going to give you much, so I had to go on YouTube to see what people are doing.
If you look at the photo, you will see on top is a blue lever which controls water flow which comes out of this hole that you can change its direction.The water flow is quite powerful, thus you need a larger tank to accommodate the water flow.
I have read that there are people who had issues with the pump melting the canister due to the heat of the light, but I haven’t had that issue.
My only concern is that before, FREESEA listed this as a UV Air Pump and now there is no mention of UV. I also do not see the light at the bottom. So, aside from the water flow, I’m not really sure if it’s working correctly.
It works as a water agitator, but I put in a tank with cloudiness and haven’t seen a major change.
So, I’m not sure if the removal of UV in the description means this power filter pump has changed? There is a bulb inside the canister, but I’ve yet to see it work.
I’ll continue to leave this in my tank but as of right now, the pump works in creating water flow for oxygen but in terms of cleaning the tank, I’m not seeing any major changes.
