How I Set Up the SunSun Canister Filter
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- čas přidán 10. 12. 2015
- Bob shows viewers how he set up the SunSun canister filter. Bob came across four common questions when researching the product: What type of media do I use; How do I set up the intake and outtake; how do I use the UV filter; and how often do I do maintenance. He answers these questions, showing you how he set up his SunSun canister filter.
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This is the BEST video I have seen on setting up a canister filter. Thank you so much for the detailed pictures of putting together the pieces! I appreciate the zoomed in pictures, and no background noise in the video!
This is actually probably the most professional well-made video I've seen on CZcams going through the motions on how to set up a canister and talking about features and benefits and he's got some great tips, excellent job. SunSun should pay you for this lol
Absolutely awesome video, no BS just great instructions will illustrations! I do not know how I would have done it without your vid.
Thank you so much for this video. It was extremely helpful as like you said there were minimal instructions and i was having a hard time getting it primed. I had the canister on the same level as the tank. I’m gonna try to set it on the floor.
Great video Bob. Not fancy but full of great information. Well organized and answered all the questions I had about setting one of these up. Thank you!
Man! You give the most info on this than anybody! Thank you!!!
I love the format and the way you present this video. you answered all my questions and gave me some info I was not even thinking about. Thanks so much!!
this is the most informative detailed canister filter i have seen. thank you so much!
Thank you for the clear instructions. I was at a loss when it came to the dirtiness entrance. I hope you are enjoying your fish room.
Great informative video! I'm planning on ordering the sunsun 702b soon. It will be my very first canster filter. Thank you so very much for your info and knowledge!
This video was absolutely great, so informative! The directions that came with the canister filter were hard for me to follow and understand😱 so thank you very much for explaining them in laymen’s terms👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏼
This is as good as it gets IMO. Can't thank you enough for the information. Exactly what I needed. Hope all is well. Regards, Jim M from Mesa, AZ !!
Thank you for this video. I bought my first canister filter and was scared at just thinking about setting it up until now.
great vid and your cleaning schedule mirrors mine. the tubes get cleaned maybe twice a year but like you i check my fine sponge montly and change when needed. . excellent job and thanks for the infor on the UV that helped alot
your also right on skimmer it's useless but for the price and the way it works and how silent it is i highly recommend the sunsun.
Wish I saw this video when I set my SunSun up! Very informative, thanks.
Great video. I was not sure about getting a canister but your video was very helpful. Will be getting a Sunsun shortly. Tyhanks~!
Thank you for being so thorough! Big help!
I set up my filter while watching this video helped a lot
Thank You Sir. Very informative. Keep doing it!! God Bless man!!
Thank you for this Video. It was very informative.
Thank you! This is so helpful!
Take a look at Dan Hiteshew videos on the SunSun. He left his UV on 24/7 and it damaged his filter trays. He spoke with SunSun who confirmed that the UV light is not meant to run 24/7. Also take a look at the Pimp my Filter Series by PondGuru - very educational!
Thanks for the video! Will water backflow if the power goes out and do you think the output flow is too strong for gouramis? A
Hi Bob. Thanks for the video! I have a question with regards to the mechanical media you put in it. Did the SunSun come with the coarse and fine media or did you have to make/cut it yourself?
Thanks for the info it was very useful.
i have bought a 304b and needs to setup still :) i hope this 402 and my 304 have same set up. i like the gravel in bottom idea. they help kill ammonia. do i really need that pipe caulk for my pipes here so they dnt leak or no?
Where did you get your three different types of sponges? All I am seeing is the blue coarse sponge from SunSun - but I like the option of your Coarse, Medium and Fine.
Thanks for a great detailed set up! I consider myself a solid advanced but new to a canister set up. Watched about 50 videos on the media set up for canisters. about 25 half say to start with filters first, yet the other half say the opposite end with the filters. When in the past I used Back end filter systems, the filters pushed the water through the mesh filter first then the carbon. So I feel the mesh filters should be on the bottom of the canister, and the last should be the carbon on the top of this canister. Why so many people feel the opposite?
Charles Odessa Put your foam media in the first basket corse med the fine the other baskets use you other media
Excellent video. Enjoy your straightforward and thourogh presentation style. Sub'd.
Bob, I need some help. I just purchased a Sun Sun 703B and have set it
up with canister on the floor well below the tank, but I can't get the
pump primed. Facing the canister, I've attached the intake hose to the right tap, and the return to the left tap. What am I missing or doing wrong?
John Harris Fill the canister with tank water then put the top on. Turn on then rock the canister back and forth. Air bubbles will be expelled.
Is this a very good canister filter thinking of purchasing one exactly like this but would like to know more information before I purchase
How do u tur the uv light off? I dont think my 704b has a shut off switch. Please dont tell me i have to turn them off manually or take them out?
hi great video I have a question about the Samsung 404b canister filter I just bought 1 I am a little confused which hose is the intake and which one is the output and what side do the hose goes on I want to set it up tonight
I have the same question
How big are the lines water lines and fittings?
Great videos, just keep in mind the uv lights should not be run 24/7. There has been some plastic part that have burnt when running 24/7. I only run mine on a Saturday for 12 hours.
Do you still have this filter? How did it hold up one time?
great help thank you much
hello...please help.. I have a 30gallon planted tank.. I like this filter 303b with build in UV.. So can I use this for my 30g tank or whether it would be too much for my small tank?!
It's actually really good that you can buy this filter for such a small tank. Just make sure the fish can handle the current.
Nithin Pk you probably figured out by now or year later but yes you can't over filter more is actually better when it comes to filtration and aeration . What's not good for the fish is when they're getting blown around by fans or power heads or a very strong stream from the output of the canister or any type of filtration. the other person's correct is long as the fish are not being blown around they'll be fine and it's deafly beneficial if you have really small fish or babies it would not be a good setting really depends on the fish for Cichlid tank you should be fine. but again you don't need this strength of a filter to have a successful tank. but it can only help and depending on how much you're willing to spend I would say yes. Plus you can use this filter if you get a bigger tank.
Sir this filter pump is very strong becoz my aquriam stay in high level about 4 feet.
The reason I looked up this video is because my filter did not prime right. It is running but it just has a lot of air bubbles from the intake. I made sure the pieces were as connected as possible was there anything else I might have to do
Nick Balassone try to shake the filter from left to right before putting the motor on and let the air bubbles escape
can you help me. after I set up the filter the water turn like milkwalter. I don't know what I did wrong. Thank you
Claudia Oliveira Did you wash all your media. Especially coral Make sure every thing is clean and free of dust.
im worried my intake and outtake are reversed because i don't really notice any bubbles coming out of the outtake wand inside the tank. Is that normal not to see anything coming out of the wand?
As long as you can see water flowing out of the output spray bar, the intake and output are set up correctly
I run my output spray bar submerged in my tank, shouldnt be a problem right?
i do the same as long as you have air stones ect its good i do it so my glass top dont get so full of water drops ect
Thank you
Does the water always rise up from the bottom or are there filters it's the other way around?
Rises up from the bottom
You can put biomedical in bottom too.
OK ABOUT UV LIGHT.... there is NO.. no way to turn it off or on???? Do I just take off that bulb out if i dnt need it? There is only one switch and it pretty much turn on or off the entire filter... i dnt know how to know also if my uv is working or not.. theres a small little glass beside the switch.. is that the uv control or indicator? Pls help!!
Do you have the same model as mine? I flip the switch on mine and it just turns off the UV The filter continues to run. When my UV is running I have a small blue light that is on.
+Just Az.com productions oh im sorry i guess we dnt have the same one. i have a 304b with no switch to turn off uv. although its got a 5 filtration thing.
so the fine media at the bottom ,and carbon in the middle, bio media at the top?
wichid cichlid that's what the gentleman said , and if you think about it it really does make sense
Honestly I would do your foams on the bottom (coarse on very bottom, medium and then fine), then the remaining canisters filled with biological media only. You only need carbon if you are treating for illness and want to remove the medication.
does adding the gravel make more noise?
Not at all. The SunSun even with the gravel is silent
Not at all. The SunSun even with the gravel is silent
+Just Az.com productions
got it. thank you. what about the mechanical media/foam sponges. i see you cut it to size, where can i buy those largers sizes and different coarse levels?
What's the difference between the sunsun and aquatop?
Which one is better?
+MrRookie714 I just bought the aqua top. I don't believe there is a difference .I'm told that the SS is a little less " fit n finish" I was told that one company bought the other one.
+gewglesux I don't know anyone who uses SS or an AQ as a main filter. Most people I know use them as either a 2nd or 3rd filter.
Friend my sunsun canister is 1400l / h with 9v uv, the water was crystal clear until the first week now the water is green, what the wrong one knows say light on for 8 hours and totally off about 16 hours. aquarium 116L 11 kinions
If you leave it all the time it will not last longer than six months and the bulbs are quite expensive. It's good for allergy these weaker UV bulbs is more of a selling point and does not kill major bacteria .
The uv light if left on all the time will melt the trays inside. Itd caused by uv radiation
A lot of people leave it on 24/7, the bulb just burns out faster.
I have sold thousands of UV-C germicidal lamps to customers, and I stand firm when asked about longevity UV-C lamps do not stop sterilizing until they are completely burned out, all that rhetoric about replace after 1 year is to make ppl feel they need to purchase lamps every year keep spending that money.. Even a germ lamp operating at 40% is still sterilizing 100% more than not having lamp on period.. Not powering lamp constantly will save you the cost of replacing media due to deterioration more than the ¢.2 cent per day electricity.. Ask yourself how much has being lazy cost you over the years.. lol.. Google is free and provides free information for the taking
its very easy to instal a sunsun filter,just pick it up and throw it in the garbage bin and go and buy a good filter.there done !
Intake and outtake on the SunSun is garbage
Works fine
Mines not working any troubleshooting tips?
@@bigjoel349 check the impeller?
@@otterspooptoo it works now that did the trick!