Very nice tank you have there, I personally have changed the whole filter setup. On the bottom of the filter I have stacked 4 bags of filter substrate for beter biological filtering.. the black carbon filter pad I have replaced by active charcoal in a bag.. and the green nitrate pad is useless. the white filter pads are to fine to be on top.. so lower them to the middle, like the bottom of the top rack.. and stack all blue from top to bottom, coarse to fine. and on top of the finest blue filter pad you place the active charcoal.. this way your filtering will be way better and last longer..
Thank you so much for the constructive feedback, i will give it a try next time i change the filters, Since you have a gd experience How often do you recommend to change the Blue pads? and do you advice to change them all at once or alternatively replace half pads at a time to keep the bacteria flowing!!
@@SmileyVideography I made it a habit of cleaning them with the water changes, spare a bucket of aquarium water and use that to clean out the blue pads.. once every 2 months I do the same with the filter substrate..
This is the type of comment I wanted to see. The Juwel filter as it comes is horrible. Follow the modifications above to vastly improve your filtration.
I am in the process of getting the Juwel vision 450, I thought the filter setup didn't look optimum, great advice, I already have a canister filter on my old tank, would it be a good idea to run both of them on the vision 450? (home to Oscars)
Thank you i hope you will soon enjoyed your the view of your Rio 350, If you need any help dont hesitate to ask me i dont have much of experience yet but i know enough.
Thank you very much Hans! Appreciate you feedback. Indeed it was one of my favourit investment ever. Stay tuned for another video I'm preparing for aqua-scaping.
I love Juwel, I have Juwel tanks for more than 50 years now, but they have a light problem with the big tanks. They use the same 2 LED tubes on aquariums of 125 liters 80 x40 x40 and of 180 liters 1.00 x 40 x 40 with a height of 40 cm instead of the 60 cm of this Juwel 450 liters. The aquariums with the heights of 40 cm got good bottom light with this ligt bar, the 60 cm not. Only suited for low light plants. You can buy an extra ligt bar from juwel with adapted plastic covers but it will cost you a lot extra.
I have a question, instead of the heater, can i put a canister filter intake hose inside? Its a beautiful aquarium just got mine today, the white version. I will keep one Koi and 3 goldfish thats why i dont need the heater. I will use two canister filters, Juval Fx6 and a JBL. The fluval will be on each side of the aquarium and the jbl i would like to hide it best i can. Will also keep the original jewel filter. Cant go wrong with too much filters xD
I believe you can if the hose has the same size as the heater. Its up to you also if you want ro remove the built filter or use completely external filter. I am satisfied with the Built filter because its operating extremely quite even when im sitting next to it.
@@SmileyVideography yes I assembled everything today. It fit perfect in the filter så the jbl is well hidden 😄 why I need so many filter? Well goldfish tend to get very big and they are filthy animals 🤣 better safe then sorry. But yes it's a very good internal filter 👍👍
The aquarium comes with 2 led lights sun light and day light but you can change either of them to whatever light you like to have. Do yes you can mount Blue led light 💡
I'm thinking about getting this tank for my aroworna as it's starting to outgrow it's now in tank can you remove the internal filter on this tank as I've already got a external one..... Thanks and nice video 👍
Definitely you can remove the internal filter, but i did not do it yet. Once i secure external filter i will remove it. I totally recommend this aquarium comparing price & quality.
@@mackpackable yeah I got this tank in the end it's not bad 450litres my aroworna is only about 15inch at the moment and he is in the tank alone once it's outgrown this tank I'm gonna set up a outdoor pond maybe 2000 litre as they do grow rather large and fast
They never put supports for the centre of your lights to stop the sag after a period of time! I've got the 240 version and after a few months I notice the lights begin to bend downwards.
I am owning the 450L version since 2 years now and i can tell you that the lights are not bended at all. the holder of light are very strong so i am not sure about the 240L version.
Anybody know of the stand dimensions NOT including the over hanging lip that the tank itself sits on? So basically the width of the unit from the bottom of the stand if that makes sense... The official width is 151cm, but that's including the the part that the tank acrually sits on...
I couldn’t understand which dimension exactly you wanted to know? Let me know si I can measure it for you. The stand and aquarium dimensions i already shared in the video description.
@@SmileyVideography yes in the future. Currently my fish are in my juwel trigon 190, i’m moving so i don’t have a good corner to put my tank. So i thought why not get the juwel rio and with the added gallons i can add a couple of fish in there!
I’ve got the 240 but I removed that big clumpy filter box and replaced that filter with 2x fluval 107s and a double sponge filter that connects to air pump, that internal filter is poor
Nice video. I do have a question though; I just bought a Rio 450 myself, and I noticed a rather thick plaque of silicone in the front rim, on the outside of the glass (around 8 inches to the left of the center logo). I'm wondering if this is a construction fault? Does your tank have that as well? I couldn't make it out on the video (looked around 2m48s). Thanks in advance!
Hello Jeroen, Thank you for watching. There should not be any silicone in the front outside of the Glass, If you bough your aquarium from Local store try to report this asap so they can examine it. make some photos on your phone and show it to them. I hope nothing serious to get it sort out and soon enjoy your aquarium ;)
Nice tank and a handy video thankyou. I'm considering buying this tank for a small group of frontosa cichlids. Can you tell me roughly how much a tank this size costs to run a month?
Well not that much im exchanging the Biofilter each 2 month costs around 5€ thats all. without counting the cost of fishes, food, decoration and plants.
@@goldiel4664 Not really because it doesn’t allow me to it the other way around. That was the only possible way bcz the pump is not very close to the plastique wall and there was little cut in the hose so it can get attached to the pump firmly. And the outer side is curved so it can move the water surface.
You can use external filter, thats not problem However im fine using the internal filter i just changed the order of filter pads based on some comments. And yeah still have plenty of storage under the aquarium.
the choice of fish is totally inadeguate, random ... they want very different types of water, they are condemned to suffer like this. Anelfish need low pH and hardness, the opposite of the other cichlids present in the tank
Thanks Andrea for your comment, I have noticed that therefore i have changed the fish setup. I kept only Malawi cichlids you can check the new video in the following link ua-cam.com/video/zGIN666nJLE/v-deo.html
I just love watching people like you, pretending they are so cool and setting tanks up without a single and smallest clew about what they're doing 👍 Thanks, this made my day.
Absolutely i am super Happy with this Aquarium. Unfortunately the music i have is from UA-cam Library other ways i can get copy right warning if i use someones Music 🤷🏽♂️
No nothing more except these bio filter and the blue and black but i add some subtracts like bacteria to the water so it can be ready in 2 weeks to host fishes
@@goldiel4664 The best bio media is a medium pored sponge. It has fantastic surface area and when used with the fine white perline pre-filter, rarely clogs. Siporax and Biomax and all the rest are alright but not necessary. They're basically money grabbing gimmicks and you probably can't do better than a 20 or 30 ppi sponge.
@@SmileyVideography The Juwel sponges are great. You certainly are bio media as much a they are mechanical. That's what's great about sponges. ( No need to change then every year as Juwel recommends. They last much longer). On another topic, the flow rate of the pump is probably disappointing unless you have a planted tank or a moderately stocked aquarium. The filter is more suitable to a planted tank with small schooling fishes. That's a European thing.
For goodness sake. Please get those angelfish away from those African cichlids. They will kill they and the water parameters are totally different for the fish
Take away the Plastik from the Filter Medium . It is written on it. 🫣 The different fisch is so stupid. Why you Don t read something about the Animals you want to keep. Maybe you do Not care. By the way, too much water in the Tank Horrible
I'm thinking about getting this tank for my aroworna as it's starting to outgrow it's now in tank can you remove the internal filter on this tank as I've already got a external one..... Thanks and nice video 👍
Very nice tank you have there, I personally have changed the whole filter setup. On the bottom of the filter I have stacked 4 bags of filter substrate for beter biological filtering.. the black carbon filter pad I have replaced by active charcoal in a bag.. and the green nitrate pad is useless. the white filter pads are to fine to be on top.. so lower them to the middle, like the bottom of the top rack.. and stack all blue from top to bottom, coarse to fine. and on top of the finest blue filter pad you place the active charcoal.. this way your filtering will be way better and last longer..
Thank you so much for the constructive feedback, i will give it a try next time i change the filters, Since you have a gd experience How often do you recommend to change the Blue pads? and do you advice to change them all at once or alternatively replace half pads at a time to keep the bacteria flowing!!
@@SmileyVideography I made it a habit of cleaning them with the water changes, spare a bucket of aquarium water and use that to clean out the blue pads.. once every 2 months I do the same with the filter substrate..
This is the type of comment I wanted to see. The Juwel filter as it comes is horrible. Follow the modifications above to vastly improve your filtration.
I am in the process of getting the Juwel vision 450, I thought the filter setup didn't look optimum, great advice, I already have a canister filter on my old tank, would it be a good idea to run both of them on the vision 450? (home to Oscars)
Have you had problems with the braces rotting and breaking from the frame
Looks amazing! My rio 350 just came in and im building the cabinet!
Thank you i hope you will soon enjoyed your the view of your Rio 350, If you need any help dont hesitate to ask me i dont have much of experience yet but i know enough.
Very beautiful. I have a rio 240 myself. I like the unboxing very much you have a lot of space for youre fish thats very nice ☺
Thank you very much Hans! Appreciate you feedback. Indeed it was one of my favourit investment ever. Stay tuned for another video I'm preparing for aqua-scaping.
I also just got mine. Set it up, and hardscaping now. Good luck with yours mate. 🍻👍
Thx buddy, just want to advice you to make sure you know about the fish setup. To prevent any damage to your fishes.
Awesome video, Thanks for sharing man 👍 👌 I also want to get my self a Rio 450L in 2022
Thx and good luck 🤞🏽
Thanks for video !
You are welcome buddy!
Could you please tell me if the piece of furniture that holds the aquarium reinforced with metal?
I have no idea, however this was the official stand for the Aquarium but its sold separately.
I love Juwel, I have Juwel tanks for more than 50 years now, but they have a light problem with the big tanks. They use the same 2 LED tubes on aquariums of 125 liters 80 x40 x40 and of 180 liters 1.00 x 40 x 40 with a height of 40 cm instead of the 60 cm of this Juwel 450 liters. The aquariums with the heights of 40 cm got good bottom light with this ligt bar, the 60 cm not. Only suited for low light plants. You can buy an extra ligt bar from juwel with adapted plastic covers but it will cost you a lot extra.
I have a question, instead of the heater, can i put a canister filter intake hose inside? Its a beautiful aquarium just got mine today, the white version. I will keep one Koi and 3 goldfish thats why i dont need the heater. I will use two canister filters, Juval Fx6 and a JBL. The fluval will be on each side of the aquarium and the jbl i would like to hide it best i can. Will also keep the original jewel filter. Cant go wrong with too much filters xD
I believe you can if the hose has the same size as the heater. Its up to you also if you want ro remove the built filter or use completely external filter. I am satisfied with the Built filter because its operating extremely quite even when im sitting next to it.
@@SmileyVideography yes I assembled everything today. It fit perfect in the filter så the jbl is well hidden 😄 why I need so many filter? Well goldfish tend to get very big and they are filthy animals 🤣 better safe then sorry. But yes it's a very good internal filter 👍👍
Awesome tank! Can I ask how many people needed at the lifting onto the stand?
Its very heavy 91kg just the aquarium, I would say at least 3 people is needed to lift the aquarium up.
@@SmileyVideography thank you,I thought it needs at least 3 people👍
Congrats nice video! 👏
Many thanks for your video, one question, am I able to switch the LED to blue light or do I need another one?
The aquarium comes with 2 led lights sun light and day light but you can change either of them to whatever light you like to have. Do yes you can mount Blue led light 💡
is 10mm glass is safe or did u do something for safety pls answer
Hi, Yes for me it was enough 10mm i did not do any other thing.
And i bought it with its original down table.
@@SmileyVideography thank you very much!
You are very welcome
They never seem to have any light supports for the middle to stop sag do they!
Thanks for the video. I have seen a second hand one for sale. Is it possible for 2 people to lift the tank?
Hi Suzy, you better ask 2 big mans to lift it for you. man and women it will be very hard as the whole aquarium weight 91KG empty
I'm thinking about getting this tank for my aroworna as it's starting to outgrow it's now in tank can you remove the internal filter on this tank as I've already got a external one..... Thanks and nice video 👍
Definitely you can remove the internal filter, but i did not do it yet.
Once i secure external filter i will remove it. I totally recommend this aquarium comparing price & quality.
You should look at a larger tank if you want to seriously keep an arowana.
@@mackpackable yeah I got this tank in the end it's not bad 450litres my aroworna is only about 15inch at the moment and he is in the tank alone once it's outgrown this tank I'm gonna set up a outdoor pond maybe 2000 litre as they do grow rather large and fast
They never put supports for the centre of your lights to stop the sag after a period of time! I've got the 240 version and after a few months I notice the lights begin to bend downwards.
I am owning the 450L version since 2 years now and i can tell you that the lights are not bended at all. the holder of light are very strong so i am not sure about the 240L version.
Hi. Lovely tank. Can you tell me how thick the glass is on this tank please? I think it's 10mm but I'm not sure 🤔
Hi Kelly, Thx yeah its 10mm thickness
@@SmileyVideography hi, is it all 4 panels of glass 10mm thickness?
Thank you
Hi Hussain, Yes 4 Sides are 10mm Thick and reinforced with plastic from above and bottom. To keep it together
@@SmileyVideography thank you that's really helpful
You are very welcome, Dont forget to subscribe 😉
😱❤️❤️ It looks amazing!
Thx Ajay 🥰🤗
Awesome video dude, I cant wait for mine to be delivered soon.
Thx buddy, and good luck with your new aquarium
The Rick roll in the end 😂
Can this internal filter be taken out easy if you wished to ? or can i order tank without it ?
I stil havent tried removing it. Probably some guys in the other comments had done it.
Anybody know of the stand dimensions NOT including the over hanging lip that the tank itself sits on? So basically the width of the unit from the bottom of the stand if that makes sense... The official width is 151cm, but that's including the the part that the tank acrually sits on...
I couldn’t understand which dimension exactly you wanted to know? Let me know si I can measure it for you.
The stand and aquarium dimensions i already shared in the video description.
Basically the width of the cabinet measured at the very base where it touches the floor. Thanks
143.5x47cm
Amazing aqua scape! and i definitely didn’t see the rick roll 100%.
Thx!! Are you planning to have one?
@@SmileyVideography yes in the future. Currently my fish are in my juwel trigon 190, i’m moving so i don’t have a good corner to put my tank. So i thought why not get the juwel rio and with the added gallons i can add a couple of fish in there!
I’ve got the 240 but I removed that big clumpy filter box and replaced that filter with 2x fluval 107s and a double sponge filter that connects to air pump, that internal filter is poor
Hi Jack im looking to get the 450 was it easy to remove the filter ? I want to run 2 x fluval 307s
If you no what your doing there is nothing wrong with the filter. I use it in a heavily stocked mbuna tank no other filter no problems at all😀
Wow mezing nice 1 want it
Thx well i hope u get one soon! So u can enjoy it your self
@@SmileyVideography aamiin i Will thx n goodluck mr.
Nice video. I do have a question though; I just bought a Rio 450 myself, and I noticed a rather thick plaque of silicone in the front rim, on the outside of the glass (around 8 inches to the left of the center logo). I'm wondering if this is a construction fault? Does your tank have that as well? I couldn't make it out on the video (looked around 2m48s). Thanks in advance!
Hello Jeroen, Thank you for watching. There should not be any silicone in the front outside of the Glass, If you bough your aquarium from Local store try to report this asap so they can examine it. make some photos on your phone and show it to them. I hope nothing serious to get it sort out and soon enjoy your aquarium ;)
@@SmileyVideography Many thanks for your reply! :)
Its a life ! :)
Totally different but beautiful! Do you own or planning to own an Aquarium?
I hope you have taken the plastic off the carbon sponge!
Ofcourse i have second video aquascaping, i called friend of mine he have 10 years of experience.
Nice tank and a handy video thankyou. I'm considering buying this tank for a small group of frontosa cichlids. Can you tell me roughly how much a tank this size costs to run a month?
Well not that much im exchanging the Biofilter each 2 month costs around 5€ thats all. without counting the cost of fishes, food, decoration and plants.
I hope you have managed to switch around the Jewel Diversion Nozzle.
Yes i did put it upwards friend of mone highlighted that part already while aquascaping to create the oxygen in the water 😉
Yes, however did you switch it so the short end is in attached to the pump while the long end is directional?
@@goldiel4664 Not really because it doesn’t allow me to it the other way around. That was the only possible way bcz the pump is not very close to the plastique wall and there was little cut in the hose so it can get attached to the pump firmly. And the outer side is curved so it can move the water surface.
Ah yes yes its attached to the pump, i misunderstood your comment my friends. 👍🏽👍🏽
@@SmileyVideography I think it's close enough and you just have it the wrong way. Try again.
When you were cutting through the bubble wrap with the knife I nearly had a heart attack 😬
Why?
@@SmileyVideography Thought the glass was going to get scratched haha
Hhhh may be the video looks so but i pulled the bubble plastic away from the glass. 😉
I would want the filter to be located external to the tank - all that cabinet space not being used !
You can use external filter, thats not problem However im fine using the internal filter i just changed the order of filter pads based on some comments. And yeah still have plenty of storage under the aquarium.
the choice of fish is totally inadeguate, random ... they want very different types of water, they are condemned to suffer like this. Anelfish need low pH and hardness, the opposite of the other cichlids present in the tank
Thanks Andrea for your comment, I have noticed that therefore i have changed the fish setup. I kept only Malawi cichlids you can check the new video in the following link ua-cam.com/video/zGIN666nJLE/v-deo.html
Die Folie vom Filter ?!?!? 😅😅😅
Angel fish with malawis?!? 😵 Not a single clue!!
Calm Down I have already changed the setup. Only Malawis are in the aquarium now 😉
African Malawi Cichlids - RIO LED 450 L 4K
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I just love watching people like you, pretending they are so cool and setting tanks up without a single and smallest clew about what they're doing 👍 Thanks, this made my day.
African and American ciclid ??? Pure madness
If I buy a tank like this one I”m very happy.
I suppose you to.
But why this kind of music ?
It’s beautiful but also a little bit melancholy to.
Absolutely i am super Happy with this Aquarium. Unfortunately the music i have is from UA-cam Library other ways i can get copy right warning if i use someones Music 🤷🏽♂️
How is your filter set up? Did you add any biological media to the bottom?
No nothing more except these bio filter and the blue and black but i add some subtracts like bacteria to the water so it can be ready in 2 weeks to host fishes
@@SmileyVideography it's not enough. I suggest you add biological media to your filter or you'll suffer new tank syndrome
What kind for example i have shelf full of different substrates. I dont even recall their names.
@@goldiel4664 The best bio media is a medium pored sponge. It has fantastic surface area and when used with the fine white perline pre-filter, rarely clogs.
Siporax and Biomax and all the rest are alright but not necessary. They're basically money grabbing gimmicks and you probably can't do better than a 20 or 30 ppi sponge.
@@SmileyVideography The Juwel sponges are great. You certainly are bio media as much a they are mechanical. That's what's great about sponges. ( No need to change then every year as Juwel recommends. They last much longer).
On another topic, the flow rate of the pump is probably disappointing unless you have a planted tank or a moderately stocked aquarium. The filter is more suitable to a planted tank with small schooling fishes. That's a European thing.
✅😍
Thanks Noor
For goodness sake. Please get those angelfish away from those African cichlids. They will kill they and the water parameters are totally different for the fish
Hi Paul, I did got rid of them, check my second video i only kept African cichlids
Die Hintergrundmusik ist schrecklich..
Das ist die kostenlose UA-cam-Musikbibliothek, konzentrieren Sie sich einfach auf den Inhalt des Videos.
@@SmileyVideography
Nein ,Es it’s wundershön.
😌
Innenfilter..müll
Take away the Plastik from the Filter Medium . It is written on it. 🫣
The different fisch is so stupid. Why you Don t read something about the Animals you want to keep.
Maybe you do Not care.
By the way, too much water in the Tank
Horrible
I'm thinking about getting this tank for my aroworna as it's starting to outgrow it's now in tank can you remove the internal filter on this tank as I've already got a external one..... Thanks and nice video 👍
Yes you can
Yes you can! Actually many did that i am still using the internal filter as it keep the motor noise unnoticeable.