Fish-Hed
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Review of the Sunsun Hw-302 Canister Filter
I recently purchase the Sunsun HW-302 Canister filter. I bought it on Ebay for $58. I was the market for a filter for my 55 gallon freshwater community set up. My aquarium budget was definitely exceeded for the year
so it had to be (what I considered to be) a bargain.
I did some research on the Sunsun Hw-302 and mostly found either 3 year old reviews or others queries researching the same product.
The filter arrived in a couple of days and actually exceeded the sellers estimated delivery. The outside of
the box contained pictures of the instructions to get the filter going. The instructions are a poorly translated mess (at best) that was illustrated with pictures of the filter. This being my first canister filter,
it did not give me the warm and fuzzies, but I had read about this issue & was not shocked. The instruction manual is basically the whats on the box.
According to the specs it runs at 264/gallons hr. & should do the trick as the tank's main filtration. I'm still keeping
the 2 hang on back filters and under gravel it has. I'm not claiming to be an expert on any phase but I think
you can never have too much filtration.
The filter came with 3 pieces of (cut to size) filter wool. I combined the 3 piece of filter wool and made it the bottom
most of the 3 filter trays that were included.
For the next tray (the middle tray), I purchased a mesh bag of Fluval activated carbon.
For the top tray I mixed a half bag of Flumax Bio-cubes & a half bag of ceramic noodles in a mesh filter bag.
Why the mix??? Because someone gave me a free half bag of Flumax Bio-cubes & a half bag of ceramic noodles.
Putting it together was not as bad as I thought it would be, in fact I was done in 20 minutes.
I poured about 1 1/4 gallons of water from the tank into the filter body (with the media trays inserted).
I lined the filter cover (contains the motor) to the filter body and snap the cover locks.
I attached the inflow/outflow (labeled in & out) to the filter top and attached the tubes...pretty easy. I
attached the return to the top of the tank and suction cupped the intake in the water.
This came with an attachment (labeled #4 on the picture) that is used to suck in dirt that floats at the top
of the water. I did not use this piece because I felt it would suck in too much air when the tank level
drops and kill the suction of the filter.
I Primed the filter and could hear the water rushing down the tubes to the filter. Plugged it in and it
worked like a charm. No leaks, the tank is crystal clear, runs very quiet, and is well worth the $58.
I recently purchase the Sunsun HW-302 Canister filter. I bought it on Ebay for $58. I was the market for a filter for my 55 gallon freshwater community set up. My aquarium budget was definitely exceeded for the year
so it had to be (what I considered to be) a bargain.
I did some research on the Sunsun Hw-302 and mostly found either 3 year old reviews or others queries researching the same product.
The filter arrived in a couple of days and actually exceeded the sellers estimated delivery. The outside of
the box contained pictures of the instructions to get the filter going. The instructions are a poorly translated mess (at best) that was illustrated with pictures of the filter. This being my first canister filter,
it did not give me the warm and fuzzies, but I had read about this issue & was not shocked. The instruction manual is basically the whats on the box.
According to the specs it runs at 264/gallons hr. & should do the trick as the tank's main filtration. I'm still keeping
the 2 hang on back filters and under gravel it has. I'm not claiming to be an expert on any phase but I think
you can never have too much filtration.
The filter came with 3 pieces of (cut to size) filter wool. I combined the 3 piece of filter wool and made it the bottom
most of the 3 filter trays that were included.
For the next tray (the middle tray), I purchased a mesh bag of Fluval activated carbon.
For the top tray I mixed a half bag of Flumax Bio-cubes & a half bag of ceramic noodles in a mesh filter bag.
Why the mix??? Because someone gave me a free half bag of Flumax Bio-cubes & a half bag of ceramic noodles.
Putting it together was not as bad as I thought it would be, in fact I was done in 20 minutes.
I poured about 1 1/4 gallons of water from the tank into the filter body (with the media trays inserted).
I lined the filter cover (contains the motor) to the filter body and snap the cover locks.
I attached the inflow/outflow (labeled in & out) to the filter top and attached the tubes...pretty easy. I
attached the return to the top of the tank and suction cupped the intake in the water.
This came with an attachment (labeled #4 on the picture) that is used to suck in dirt that floats at the top
of the water. I did not use this piece because I felt it would suck in too much air when the tank level
drops and kill the suction of the filter.
I Primed the filter and could hear the water rushing down the tubes to the filter. Plugged it in and it
worked like a charm. No leaks, the tank is crystal clear, runs very quiet, and is well worth the $58.
