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Hi i have a question is this filter can fit topfin 55 gallon tank the tank has hols in the cover for there filter

Sooo, what size sump do i need for my 7,000 litre (~2,200 US gallon) aquarium?

How would these be in a 20 gallon long, with live plants?

I use it and I have guppies and platties in a 30 gal and the same thing happened to me all my fish were on the bottom but I've never lost any fish and it did clear the alge and killed the black bearded alge

Lmao father fish hates you 😂

Watching this video cause all my fish died only saved my beta named coco 😢

Could these be kept with bristlenose? I have a 37gal tank with aging mid-top water fish and want to get these as a replacement but theres 2 bristlenose with 5+ years left on them

Just got one of these and a pack of Seachem Purigen to pack in.

I think where some people might run into issues with this product is because they don't account for displacement. My tank is 190 litres, but after factoring in displacement from plants, inhabitants, substrate, the lower water level, etc., the actual water volume is only 125 litres.If I dosed on tank size alone I would've overdosed by 52%

Is it suitable for 40 gal tank only one flowerhorn fish one year old

Is it okay to clean the media out with tap water? I always thought I had to clean the media out with tank water, so I don’t damage the bio layer

I saw several mistakes with the dirt mixture.

Killed my fish😤

Do you think this would work with a snapping turtle pond since they go to the surface to breath?

It would be good if you put the new filter pads back in…

They have a similar attitude to tiger barbs, but still one of my top 5.

Just subscribed after watching your aqua clear video. I’m enjoying the information you have to share!

Just to be safe just don't bother, my fish were struggling to breathe shortly after use. I did an emergency water change. For clarity, I am using API Prevent Algae which I think is a renamed product or the European product name.

They should re make this filter and just add a self priming feature then it would be perfect

Could you use this for a similar size marine tank?

Best filter system? Ive had marine land, im looking to switch to something better

Thanks for the review. I almost bought this to solve my algae problem in the tank

Thanks for sharing. Came here after your diy sump video

I'd rather jump out the tank and die than spend 20+ years in a glass cage that small🤦‍♂️

I've had this filter for about 7 years on a 36 Gallon planted low tech tank. I have some phosphate issues but my water is clear - just getting some brown algae and bba on a few plants. In your video you mention having an additional sponge filter and aqua clear filter running purigen. So you have 3 filters on the 40 gallon tank? I purchased phosphate media pad that I am planning to add to my canister. Any other suggestions? Would running additional filters help?

basically don't follow anything from this video... any kind of overflow box with U pipes over the tank can lose siphon and cause a flood...it's cheaper to do it right rather than spending thousands on fixing wooden floors etc... also as you see in this video the sump intake has bubbles and he made a little cover for the top.. it's not for aesthetics. it's because the damn thing is so loud that he thought he could reduce the noise with it. also...always make sure to use glass baffles for the return partition where the water will pump up... with the system running fill up that partition in the sump until the top tank is full...and that's your total capacity reason for that is because if for some reason something in the overflow gets plugged the sump will never overflow the top tank... its better for the pump to run dry and break than spending thousands to fix water damage as you can see in this video..if he loses power..his overflow will empty until there's no siphon on the main tank side when the power goes back on, since he has no return partition...ALL the water in the bottom tank will pump up to the top and flood the top tank also any type of overflow box like this with a U pipe will lose siphon even when running after sometime micro bubbles get introduced in the pipes creating at the top of the pipe..once the air in the U pipe reaches the "legs"...no more siphon these types of boxes are known as time-bombs overflow boxes such as these can be "fixed" by running an air-line pushing the air into the box with a T connected to the top of the U pipe basically acting as a vacuum (this requires the air pump to be strong enough to pull the water high enough for it to flow again) these are the common..how not to build your sump videos created by someone that is just happy that they got a sump going xD there's many ways of doing sumps properly and you can search on youtube for it.. there's intake pipes using a cap a bit smaller than the id of the intake pipe with "teeth" cut in it...the cap will have an air bubble and spin and the water flow into the overflow box you can have a builtin sump in the tank..drill the side of the tank and overflow to another tank I don't trust overflow boxes on the outside of the tank simply because of water weight overtime... also for freshwater systems..issues with sumps is small fish such as fry or shrimp getting into filtration just take this into account...1 sock filter can handle about 400gph as a limit...200gph to be on the safe side...determine the pump that you'll be using..and then build accordingly as most regular tanks are 12" deep a safe way to have a sump would be to get a 18" deep and using the back wall to build the sump and using 3 intake socks on each side with the pump in the middle partition drill the back of the tank in the top of the middle partition and thats your overflow into the bottom... if the power ever goes out only a few inches of water from the middle partition will flow back to the bottom... now..return pipes from the sump..they should always go in the water so that there's no noise of water splashing returning to the top tank then to prevent back flow in case of a power outage there's 2 things you can do...on the return pipes from the pump..put a check valve on the return pipes right on top of the water level drill a hole in the pvc pipe angled towards the flow the check valve will prevent backflow...and just in case the spring or valve got stuck in the open position the hole in the pvc at the top will break the backflow siphon the only trick I've seen for this was on a youtube video some guy had a clear pvc pipe with a gasket at the bottom and a bearing inside the pipe so when the water pushes up it flows.... if it stops the bearing falls and blocks the gasket..I've never tried it myself but looked neat here's a tank I've done with a double intake photos.app.goo.gl/j84yKPzveQuRTws1A you can literally build the same way with the 2 intakes..drill the back for overflow and have another tank in the bottom the same way... double filtration...no flooding risks ^^ if you're new to glass cutting my tips and tricks are as follow..get a nice long thick ruler with an anti-slip bottom so the ruler doesnt move while you're cutting and get a glass cutter with an angled flat surface at the bottom with oil (these tend to run away less than the old ones and provide a cleaner cut) you can find them on amazon... also search on youtube for "bean animal" that's the most accepted way of running a proper overflow box into a sump as it's safe and also silent

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Great points about the filter and stuff coming out of it. Although I don't have any of the 7 series fluvals. I did end up getting a sicce whale 500 to run my 75 gallon. It hasn't been on there long enough to do a cleaning yet. Good video on maintenance of the filter though

U dont have enough water in the tank for either of the biowheels to work. The 125 is an excellent filter. It has a fill line on the front of the motor and your water level is way below it.

I have the 207 on my 29 planted community fish tank. It is the best filter (in my opinion) I have ever owned. Running for 2 months now. Super clean water 0 amonia, 0 nitrates, 20 nitrates for the plants. Fluvals mechanical pads and 2 top bays full of Matrix

Tap water is usually chlorinated to kill bacteria and parasites soooo don't clean it with tap water, use dechlorinated water.

For me as a piranhas enthusiast it is very importand that they're so similar in behavior and overall shape to red bellied piranhas juveniles

Thanks for the review!

What size tank

I've got 9 of these in a 75 gallon with 2 medium sized Angels, a couple of Cory's and a 5 inch Gold Severum. No problems. These are active, easy fish.

Great fish room!

Should i turn off the electricity first and then shut off the valves? Oh and i noticed you removed the rubber end of the spray bar, when did you remove it? Before turning off the filter from electricity? Thanks!

too few plants live in this tank. that's the difference. You should plant at least 2/3 of the tank area from the beginning.

Which one do you recommend fluval vs eheim?

You had trouble with Guppies? I did not know that was even possible!

Just watching for the cute 😺

Does that small sponge last one week before it gets clogged?

Nice setup mate! I’m thinking about doing the exact same when setting up my sump. Simple and effective. One question… the return pipe back to the tank, do you keep it out of the water to prevent back siphoning? If so is there much noise from the water crashing g back into the tank? Thanks

Yea i wish i would of seen this sooner, i usually look up products before i buy them, but this time, i was already out and decided to pick up something on the spot and of course the people at the store said it work great so i put it in at night and by morning all of my fish die but one i got him out he made it but i was piss i work so hard trying to keep everything going plus this is my first fish tank had it for 2 month haven't put nothing else in there til i can figure out how to handle this problem if it happen again

Great video 👍 I have a question will you end needing to change the foam and sponge parts and activated carbon?

Where did you get that big of sponges?

Great video. I think probably the hardest thing is figuring out pump output vs flow rate. Too much pump and not enough flow will drain the sump and possibly overflow your tank. I'm sure there is some place to find calculations on how to match pump rate vs flow rate

Just so y’all know 40g tank doesn’t mean there’s 40g of water displacement. Especially will all those decor.

How do you make sure that water don't come out of sump

You just killed all your beneficial bacteria rinsing in tap water