Comments on: 501 Zoo Med Turtle Filter review, appended

By: forlogos

forlogos — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:01:48 +0000

You’re welcome Wayne! Glad you like this post about the turtle filter!

By: wayne

wayne — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:05:46 +0000

a really good post. Thank you

By: forlogos

forlogos — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:48:21 +0000

it’s easy to prime – simply fill it up completely with water. Then, make sure the input and output tubes are in your aqauarium’s water. It’s primed. Plug it in and you’re all set to go!!

By: xrxlx

xrxlx — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:17:19 +0000

do anyone know how long it takes to prime it. I bought one and i plugged it in. so far it only made noise and it’s not sucking any water in.

By: forlogos

forlogos — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:07:28 +0000

Wow! I’m surprised by that..I was expecting your pet turtle to be a hatchling.

I guess you can’t really be too careful – especially since the 501 filter isn’t a particularly strong filter (most regular canister filters are bigger and stronger).

Once again, sorry for your loss…

By: Caity

Caity — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:10:58 +0000

Thank you. I really appreciate it. Yes the strainer was in place. My turtle squirt was about a year old and her shell was a little over 4 inches. Her foot somehow got caught and she drowned.

By: forlogos

forlogos — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:01:59 +0000

ouch, I’m very sorry for your loss.

I have read of other turtles getting stuck in their filter’s intake tubes and drowning as a result. This can happen with any filter, so it’s important to take precautions that they don’t get stuck in the first place. Was the filter strainer in place when this happened? How big was your turtle?

I hope you are feeling better, condolences…

By: Caity

Caity — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:43:14 +0000

This filter killed my turtle. I woke up to find her lifeless body stuck to the filter. I will never use this filter again and hope to save someone else from this tragic accident.

By: forlogos

forlogos — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:16:00 +0000

I haven’t actually tried that. I read a review before that said it wasn’t powerful enough to do it though.

How about hiding it from view with a tank background?

By: John

John — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:10:39 +0000

Can you run the zoo med 501 below the tank ?
ie Have a 10 g tank on a table & wish to setup ZM 501 below the table, out of view.