Conceptual Creations SCC01182 Watertfall Small Animal Dish, Tropical

Well, my son had to have one of these for his Crested Gecko terrarium when we saw it at Petsmart. I didn't have time to do any research on it, but I knew I could return it if we weren't happy. About 30 mins after opening it up and trying to set it up, I had just about given up on this thing! Like others have mentioned, the pump is too strong and it blows water over the edges resulting in leaks. If you don't fill it as high, it flows better but the pump makes too much racquet.

Well, I decided I was going to install a small valve to regulate the flow down and hopefully get this thing adjusted correctly. As I was about to start cutting the hose to allow for my valve to fit in I realized there was a slide tab on the end of the pump. It was marked with a "+" and a "-" symbol. Sliding the tab opens and closes a small gate in the pump which regulated the amount of water the pump pulls which in turn regulates the flow. After a few tries, I closed the tab 3 clicks from full open and now it flows perfectly!!! It's amazingly quiet and no water leaves the falls area except to return to the reservoir.

OK, after I got that situated, I figured I better perfect this thing by getting the feeding dish to align properly. In order to do that, I trimmed the 2 large tabs off of the bottom of it with a pair of tile snips (I'm sure a pair of wire cutters would work just as well). Then I lightly sanded the area that I trimmed just to remove any sharp edges. Now it fits like it should and it sits even instead of being cocked up at an angle. Not sure why the tabs are there because they really hinder it from installing properly.

All in all, I'm happy with the purchase. The instructions really should have been better then what is printed on the box, especially when it comes to adjusting the pump.

Don't be fooled by the design when comparing it to the small Exo-Terra waterfall. I bought this product around 2 weeks ago for my hermit crab tank. I chose this particular waterfall for the design instead of the Exo-Terra waterfall. I was very, VERY excited about receiving this and couldn't wait to set it up. This past 2 weeks have been a complete disaster concerning this waterfall. I absolutely HATE it! Despite going by the exact directions, it still leaked water and had be refilled multiple times a day which saturated the substrate. I usually ended up having to unplug it due to the leakage. I've done every possible thing to stop the water from leaking, but it still fails miserably. Usually within 15-20 minutes, the water is too low for the pump to work. There is no obvious water fill line and the ridge inside the reservoir that seems to be the fill line is much too low for the pump to work properly.

I assumed that the waterfall would be one complete piece, but instead it comes in 3 pieces. The actual design of the waterfall and reservoir is horrible. The waterfall itself doesn't even sit level on the reservoir and it in't clear how its supposed to fit. Also, the food dish doesn't fit properly at all. My large hermit crab can easily displace it and dump the food out. I've had to go as far as using a hot glue gun and securing the waterfall to the base, which I thought would fix the leakage of water. Also, due to the poor design, I had to use the hot glue gun to fill in low areas in the bottom pool which was leaking in multiple places. I've literally lost count of how many times I've had to remove it and attempt to fix the problem and that is NO exaggeration! At least the Exo-Terra waterfall is more practical by being in one whole piece.

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This waterfall is nice the water sounds are great and the look and size of it is perfect but, The pump is to big and powerful for the base that holds the water. All the water that I put in the base was being pushed out so fast buy the pump it was leaking from the base and the sides of the waterfall.Also the base is to shallow for the pump so when the water leaked out the pump started makeing loud noises.The water leaked at a very fast rate which ended up soaking the subsrate completely, but the problem is very easily fixed my husband went to home depot and bought a plastic plant pot liner for 77 cents and put the waterfall on top of the liner instead of the base. The liner works because it is a lot deeper than the base of the waterfall so you dont have to fill the liner to the top so the pump doesnt throw any of the water out and the liner is deep enough for the pump itself. I myself ignored the other reviews on this but it really does leak water believe me! But for 77 extra cents the problem is easily corrected!

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it has to be set up just right or it will leak and drain all the water out into your tank. be very careful because we woke up more than one night with it running dry because the water had ran out into the tank. once it is set up just perfect it works pretty good.

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