Cleaning & Setting Up Fluval's Canister Filters: 107, 207, 307 & 407 Series.
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Concerning the Fish and too many plants, this is 10 days of growth after cutting back the plants 12 inches. But it looks worse than it is. They have a whole area under those emersed plants, thats crypts and anubias . In the fromt It's all stem plants, they can swim through- but not well, so if you watch the whole thing i also said i trimmed the plants right after the filter cleaning.
But the angels spawn in there, but with an area under the plants thats like a 10 gallon volume tunnel and then 2 free spots in the back corners too.
The dirty water from the canister and filter pads are primo for my tropical plants and orchids and also save all my water change water for my plants. I never have to worry about using plant fertilizer and the problems of fertilizer burn and salt build up that can burn plants and hurt the soil ecology. Feed the soil that feeds the plants. Aquarium and plant keeping go hand and hand. I thank you for your video on this filter, I just got it! Love your channel, be well ❤️
Thank you very kindly and welcome 🙏. I too only use tank water for house and garden plants
This was the best how-to ever!!!! I just bought one and am going to set it up with confidence. Thanks!!!!
Glad it was helpful! I love these and if u had the money , id run way more of them
Glad you have a hobby... I wish you well in staying clean.
Me too! Thanks
I love these cannister filters. I have 3 of them. Two of the 307's and a 407 and have never had an issue. They are very quiet too. Thanks for sharing!
Debating if getting the 407 or one of those Sicce ones
@@leo2o915 I like Sicce, but I prefer the Fluval cannister filters. I had a Whale, and the priming doo-bobber broke really easily. In my experience, the Fluvals are little quieter too. 😊
@@audrameyer9558 yeah that’s what I am leanings towards the 407 for the new puffer tank :)
Without doubt the best canister around for me. Simple, effective and well priced.
Easily customized as well.
Couldn't agree more!
Couldn't agree more!⁹
not annoying for me......I love cleaning filters......appreciate the video
Right on. It takes all kinds hehe. I dont mind it, but it just takes a lot of time away from other projects id prefer.
It is kind of satisfying to squeeze out the sponges n stuff 😂
👍 very good
Very Good Video 😊 thanks for your advice very useful Information. Much depth
Glad it was helpful!
I was thinking as you were pouring it that it probably smelled like wet earth and tree bark…and then you basically said it 😂.
I’ve been running hob/sponge combos for all my tanks.Think I might try one of these canisters filters out.
They don’t seem quite as scary after watching this.
Thanks for another informative video!❤✌️
Love you're video!!
Thank you!!
That's a lot of plants💯
Lol it WAS
Thanks for the good information abt thus fluvel canister lots of love frm india 🇮🇳
My pleasure, my friend🙏
Very helpful thank you.
You're welcome!
Great information
Thanks!
I have 2 of the 407's and they work well. I picked up at Home Depot a clear 7/8 in od and 5/8 in id hose to replace the crappy plastic ribbed hose, which people have complained about them (older series canister/ same hose though) eventually breaking down and leaking within sections of the ribs. But Series 7 is a rock-solid canister!
I agree 💯 % nice score on those 407s!
I’ve been using a 406 on my 40b since I started the tank, it runs an in-line CO2 reactor with a recently added Fluval spray bar. There’s some new features on the 07, but generally the same as the 06. I love mine, it keeps on trucking.
Totally!
This video was enjoyable, even though I have absolutely no intention of getting a canister filter. (grin!). That tank is so beautiful! I don't use stem plants much, but yours are incredibly beautiful. I have swords, moss, anubias, crypts. hydrocotyle (spelling may be off on some of these) in my tank of 3+ years.. They are all growing well, but I wish I had your touch with the stems!
Happy New Year to you and Laura, as well. Best wishes always.
Thanks 😊 i just cut all those stem plants back for the angels too. They grow fast though
@@Fishtory arghhhh! I don't know why i'm not successful with stem plants. But I'm sure glad you are! Maybe i can try again. :)
Thank you . I have been considering a Fluval canister filter. Maybe does look easy when you clean it!
Theyre pretty awesome...and they can buy the 207s for only $149.99 i believe. If you do get one, i linked the besg price i found online in the description. Cheers!
I love these can filters. I have 2 of them and 3 fx series filters, part of me likes the 107/407 filters a little more than my fx6/fx4. Thanks for the video
Totally agree!
Love the series. Been running 306s for 10 years +. Very little poblems.
- almost any part you need is available
- generally quiet
- lowish maintenance
- maintenance is simple
Dont really like the fact their ribbed hoses dont work directly with 3rd party stuff. Not a knock. As i believe it is superior in a lot of ways, just different.
All great points. I love their hoses historically...until a pinhole leak forms...but i think these are being made sturdier now. My old filters' all would get replaced at the 3 or 4 year mark, with pvc green transluscent hose.
I best look into replacing mine. Yikes!
Could you water your house plants with with fish tank water? My wife want's to know. Well watching to the end answered my question!!! I currently have a Fluval C3 HOB on my 29 gallon community planted tank (cut my own mechanical pads with Aquarium Pharmaceuticals 2 stage pads with polishing pad, run Matrix in the bins). It is doing a good job but have been wanting a canister for the past couple years. This will be the one i get (the 207) Absolutely fantastic video on this filter! The best out there! I just subscribed!!
Haha yes yes! It's the best water for house plants
Thanks for the info!!! I have a 307 on my 60g. I switched the black tubings to clear. Honestly not worth it, the black original ones are better imo because they are flexible. Anyways i also got a spray bar kit for surface agitation & got a custom intake guard from esty, i cut a corse sponge filter to fit the intake guard. Dont think it’ll ever clog up now.
Nice! Does the sponge limit the flow much?
@@Fishtory nope, its a coarse sponge to catch all the big stuff
I have an FX4 but it is coming to the end of it's life so I am replacing it with a 207, which I think is definitely easier to service. The only thing I will miss the ability to use the FX4 to change water with.
Yeah in theory you could do that if you took all the filter guts out...but it would be a hassle for sure
Still running my 305 ...solid products .
Hahaha it's my R2 unit
Totally
@@Fishtory hey my otocinclus spawned ...i have full coloured mini me's 👍👍
Pushed me over the top got a 207 coming tomorrow for my 29 gallon
Congrats haha you'll dig it, im sure
Hey Alex how do you feel about adding filter sand to the charcoal canister?
Um as long as the suction stays in tact and not clogged, sure!
I am curious is there c02 in that tank? What is the light? Do you add any ferts?
So there is co2 hooked up, but it hasnt been on for months due to all my traveling. Its mostly due to root tabs, liquid potassium dosing and then the light which is a twinstar SA series 3rd gen... and was designed for emersed growth and or flowering. Its 6,000+ Lumens! And i got this one onsale at uns.com for 259.99 but it was usually 359.99. It's quite the amazing light
Hi. At the moment ive got a box filter (came with the tank set) Its a 5 gallon tank, which I've had for 6 weeks or more. Im thinking about changing to a sponge filter cuz my betta doesn't like the original. How can i do this without upsetting my cycle? Thanks😊
So get the little air pump and sponge filter and run it while you run the HOB filter for a week or two...or buy a prefilter sponge for the intake pipe on your filter....and run it for a week or two, then find an airstone thatll fot in the sponge piece and just turn off the HOB filter, using the sponge as a filter...and remove the HOB after 2 days or so of overlapping filtration. Good luck!
I have a back on filter . I make my own cartridge for it
Great video but one question Alex that angel dish doesn't have ANY room to swim,,, sorry
Concerning the Fish and too many plants, this is 10 days of growth after cutting back the plants 12 inches. But it looks worse than it is. They have a whole area under those emersed plants, thats crypts and anubias . In the fromt It's all stem plants, they can swim through- but not well, so if you watch the whole thing i also said i trimmed the plants right after the filter cleaning.
But the angels spawn in there, but with an area under the plants thats like a 10 gallon volume tunnel and then 2 free spots in the back corners too.
My 55 is about to burst how can I transfer all my media , plants and fish to my new 75 without killing everything
I like them too. Everyone else LOVES them.
BUT visually they seem to have much more water bypass than an Eheim or JBL. The by-pass occurs between the horizontal baskets and the filter wall.
And I don't get the logic of the vertical pre-filter (How does the water get forced the length of the sponges? It does get dirty. But unlike my other filters--it never really gets clogged for me. It really should. The sponge doesn't get as gunky as they do in the other filters mentioned. I do use it in conjuction with a Juwel internal, so that may account for this.
Another thing that make no sense to me is the supposed increased surface area of wavey sponges. The water easily flows through the sponges even when their surfaces are flat. The cut-away pieces that forn the undulations actually DECREASE surface area to my mind--as there's less sponge for the water to pass through.
I would not have bothered with dechlorinated water etc on that set up,if just bare bottom etc...yes.
True, its just to give a general piece of advice i suppose
Mulm's the word...
Hahah
Broh has a thing for fermented fish poop😂
Looks like u need to add a plant trimming to ur to do list man. That angel fish looks trapped against the glass with no room to move at all.
They love that
I say in the video that its been a week and a half since i cut those stems back, but they grow an inch a day often... the angels have about 10 gallons of empty space under the floating plants in the back, also.
@@Fishtory Maybe u should clear a space for them to free swim by keeping the stems towards the back & planting lower plants like crypts in the front. That way they don't lose so much swimming area so fast.
Angels can barely swim
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