Aquarium Intake Guard - Fish Tank Filter Protects Aquatic Life - Intake Filter Designed for Fluval 106/107/206/207 Models...

Works well

So this fit perfectly over my intake valve. And i havent had a single shrimp end up in my filter since adding this to my shrimp tank. And its so much easier to clean. The sponge filters always clog quickly, and my tank would dirty faster. So I felt like I was constantly cleaning the tank.

I have turtles, and they like to chew the OEM Fluval intake baskets and so i am replacing them +/- every month. I tried this one since it has less corners they can get ahold of and it is cheaper. The fit on the intake is good. The product appears 3d-printed, so you should be aware of that going in, there will be some minor flaws in the finish but thats fine for this type of thing. My issue is that the holes are so small, the type of debris you find in a turtle tank gets stuck in the holes and eventually reduces flow rate/clogs. I am thinking of drilling out some of the holes to be larger because other than this issue, it seems good for my needs. Price vs the OEM part was favorable and it does indeed have less corners for the turtles to chew. I really need a metal version of the OEM one but that would probably cost a few hundred dollars to get fabricated and getting a good fit. I think for a tank with smaller fish that produce smaller debris, the hole-size would not be an issue. this part also does not have the check-ball thing the OEM ones do. For me this is not too much of a concern since i run broken OEM ones without the ball for extended periods of time and have never had an issue.

I have a L 20 gallon with a Fluval 207 canister filter and purchased this intake guard as well as the spray bar. I found a lot of tiny babies in the canister when I cleaned it. Not sure how they survived but I was able to catch most of them and put them back in the tank. So now I use sponge filter over it. So far that combination has worked I had no babies in the dirty canister water last clean out.

Works great with my magna flow pump