Tetra Pond Debris-Handling Pump, Energy Efficient, UL Listed

I bought my house in December 2020 had this pump and it worked tirelessly all that time. I did not have an owners manual with it so was unsure of the features. When the one I had quit working, I figured it was just time for a replacement, but this one and hooked it up once I read the owners manual found out. It has a thermal cut off switch for overheating as it turns out my old one isn’t really bad. The impeller needed to be cleaned. So I’m gonna keep using the new one and keep the old one for a back up for when I have to service the new one and I will rotate them. Definitely a good quality worthwhile product for the money.

Best pump I could imagine. I bought the first one in 2009. It’s still working fine. I had to get another one for a part I accidentally ruined. I put it on the old pump and off it went. Totally the best!

Works as advertised. Much better than the old sump pumps we previously used. Had required no unclogging for weeks in a messy pond. Pumping rise is about 5-6 feet to waterfall. Good flow, no problems so far. Never clogged. I disassembled it in the fall of 2019. Didn't really need to, but I wanted to see what was in there. It was pretty clean.Once it got a small rock in the impeller. I cleared that jam and it worked again. Nice.9/3/2021. The motor froze up, with water having gone through the shaft seal. It's done! I'll need a new pump. This one was trouble free while it was up and running, one jam up, easily cleared. It ran great for 3 seasons, rarely even shut it down. Decent pump for the money, but reading some other reviews, it seems that it's a gamble on how long the pump will last.

This pump was the 3rd one I had tried in my small backyard pond. The first two lasted only about two years and had to be frequently cleaned. The Tetra pump was purchased in March 2018 and is still going strong after 6 years. This is even with me not taking great care of it. It went non-stop this winter. I cleaned out the filter box and filter in August. Today is the first time I have cleaned the filter pad since August and the waterfall still had a great flow of water in spite of the pond being full of leaves. I do not recommend this kind of abuse of the Tetra but promise you cannot go wrong purchasing it. It is EXCELLENT!

This is the best functionality, ease of use and great quality. Had to put a cutoff on it to slow down the water flow but that is good because it makes the water fall looks great. Best for the money.

I use this for a duck pond with a skippy filter. If you use it for this purpose, I recommend adding a pump pong filter bag around it to prevent the pump from getting fouled up. The pump would get easily clogged without a filter bag around it.The pump is pretty powerful and somewhat easy to clean. If you need to clean the pump rotor, a little disassembly is required (like 10 screws), nothing too bad.

We have a 1500 gallon pond that we've been just sort of winging it since we bought the house 4 years ago. The summers are hot in NC and the algea gets out of control. We also have a lot of trees dropping debri in the pond. We finally got in there and scooped a lot of the crap out which made the water very murky. We had a pump and filter combo from AquaSource that was so nasty to clean out. In the summertime we would have to clean it two or three times a week just to get the water to circulate through the pump. On a local Facebook group I asked what kind of pump I could use that would not get clogged up and everyone suggested the Tetra large debris pump with this the external tetra bio filter. The first couple days we were pretty disappointed that we didn't see much clarity. However, after 3 weeks the pond looks better than it's ever looked. We can actually see the pump and the bottom of the pond !! One thing to be mindful of is the attachment sizes of this unit are rather large (1 1/4 and 1 1/2). It's hard to find pond tubing that size locally And we also ended up having to buy a new waterfall box because our old waterfall box only had a 3/4 in max inlet. So if you end up going with this filter, I would definitely recommend buying your hosing and any other accessories you need online. We used the Tetra 2500 bio filter and so far it's been a great investment.

I really think this pump is pretty good. I have had zero problems with it and it is quiet. Debris does not go thru it and its just a good pump.