AquascapeAQSC 1000GPH Aqua Force Pump

Very Sturdy Construction. Easy to assemble. Called the company and got advice from them on the different models. They were very helpful.It is a little larger than shown in the picture.

seems like a sleek design works, like the housing around the unit

Pump worked great and fast shipping too

Firstly, I need to add some background info. I bought this for an indoor pond for my single red ear slider turtle so skip this review if it does not relate to you. I have gone through a few filter and pump setups for my 21 year old turtle ever since I built an indoor pond with my father after I moved into my own house. After 7 years, because of this pump I FINALLY have the setup that efficiently and fully does the job required. Turtles are incredibly messy (even just one!) and it was always a struggle and an uphill battle to maintain cleanliness, and if I'm being honest, sometimes it was hard to keep up so it was often kinda gross looking on the bottom and occasionally smelly. I would always read up on things and they would always say when it comes to ponds full of fish you need a pump power to gallon size ratio of 2.5 times that of the pond size. So a 90 gallon pond you'd want a pump that pushes at least 225 gph. I figured a pond full of fish MUST equal one single turtle, right? I made tweaks here and there to accommodate a turtle but it was never quite enough.Then I thought of just upping the gph and getting a stronger pump finally but I was so afraid it would become overkill. Boy how I was SO wrong. This thing combined with my 2000 gph external canister pump has kept the bottom of my pond and the water essentially completely clean since I installed it. Most importantly, my main reason for buying this particular pump for my turtle is in fact the design. Turtles love to mess around with equipment and knock things around (including certain pumps). Three reasons this is perfect for turtles is because it's flat and can't be pushed around as well as a swiveling hose piece that reduces stress from movement, it's made to handle large debris and waste that turtles produce, and because of the cage holes that surround it let's it pull everything off the bottom as well as all around it so not much gets to settle into the rocks or whatever you may have on the bottom.In the end I have finally learned that when it comes to turtles, you probably want 5 times the gallon size in terms of a pump's gph. However I could not ask for a better design and almost all the credit truly goes to this product. I'd even say it's completely worth noting this on the package with recommended pump/filter specs so turtle owners can better find it as an option when searching. Whenever I did searches the things I have found were never quite right for my large adult turtle. Only when I looked outside the box did I find this great product. I KNOW I'll never have to get another pump ever again. It was worth every dollar spent.

This is the second Aquascape Aquaforce 1000 pump I have purchased for my pond. The 1st lasted about 10 years, failing due to winding up un-submerged. It’s easy to set up, cost efficient to operate, very quiet and fully effective for my fish and aquatic plants when coupled w/ the self-cleaning external Aquascape Filter!