The Lifeguard WOW filter/pump is a do-it-all aquarium product that looks like it’s design was inspired by an alien sex toy. Seriously though, who would have ever thought to themselves “gee I need a water pump, submersible air pump, filter and moonlight all in one product”? That’s right, this double snorkel contraption has an air pump in there some where and an optional LED moonlight which at least is also fully submersible. The webpage for the WOW filter bills the new product as a “Multi Function Aquarium Maintenance Device” and it’s laundry list of features also includes an airstone, a ‘wavemaker’ and bio-mechanical filtration. Judging by the size of the airstone and airline it’s hard to imagine where this device could be packing all of this pseudo-functionality and we think you would be hard pressed to make water move in any way that truly resembles waves. At best we guess that the air pump pushes air through the airstone in a meager attempt to create waves of rising bubbles. All joking and criticism aside, this is another one of those oddball products which could be extremely well suited to powering a quarantine aquarium. The aeration and moonlight LED could provide a nice conditioning environment for newly acquired fish and with only one plug for it all, you’ll still have room on the outlet for the heater. The WOW filter comes in 3 sizes with flown rates at 80, 160 and 235 GPH but we still don’t know when this Rube Goldberg device will ship, or how much it will cost.
