You may want to take a peek at the smaller 35 - it has no intake pipe and pulls water completely from the skimmer. I didn't find the tidal took up anymore room than my aquaclear. Sorry if I hijacked the threat a bit, but I am really interested in what you folks think of the Tidal and the "big" intake pipe. Sicce pumps have a far better reputation than whatever AquaClear uses (from what I can tell through research) and I do not know if I need the extra large size the AquaClear offers (over the Tidal) as I all I need it to do it move water, house a heater, and a bit of mechanical (floss based) filtration. AquaClear does not seem to be made of high of quality as they used to be and that clear style plastic gives me pause (compared to opaque black type) in terms of long run performance. I am all but set on using a separate skimmer (super simple, small diameter pipe) that connects to a hang on back filter. I have a 5.5 gallon so I am wondering if the overly large (compared to other hand on back filters) pipe is super noticeable/distracting/detracting for those of you who have it? My issue is that the intake pipe (which contains the surface skimmer) also houses the pump so it sticks way down into the tank. I have a surface skimmer (Eheim 350) currently but it takes up a decent amount of space and I would like something with a space footprint. I completely agree the black plastic used in Tidal filters is the more durable of the two and the surface skimmer "feature" is awesome and highly desirable. AquaClear filters (and a couple of other options) as I look to update/change my equipment setup. Happy to hear positive things about Seachem Tidal filters! I have done hours of research lately on this vs.
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