Good filter for a quarantine tank or fish which don't like a high flow? Superfish Hang On 500 (Amazon): geni.us/ew3cXIt Superfish Hang On 500 (Ebay): ebay.us/UezDeR Foams, Biohome Ultimate, Biogravel etc: www.filterpro.co.uk (FilterPro site has links to Biohome suppliers in other countries) Follow me on Odysee: odysee.com/$/invite/@PondGuru:0 Contact me on 07772848730 / sales@filterpro.co.uk (I don't do texts) The Superfish Hang On 200 is a slimline hang on the back filter which uses a cartridge system which can be repurposed to free up space inside the filter for biological media. In the video I got approx. 900g / 2 lb of Biogravel into the filter either in 3 x 300g mesh bags or 1 x 900g mesh bag - that makes the filter suitable for tanks of up to 100 litres / 26 US gallons for a normal stock or half that for a heavy stock (if the goal is to achieve a FULL cycle). The plastic used for the filter is very similar to thick 'Tupperware' plastic and is not brittle like some HOB filters. Even the pipes and other fittings use the same plastic so there is little danger of breaking it. A full cycle is completed by bacteria - the aerobic part of biological filtration which processes ammonia to nitrite and nitrite to nitrate followed by an anaerobic part which processes nitrate into soluble nitrogen which bubbles off to the atmosphere. Therefore it requires a suitable amount of excellent quality filter media to be able to provide the environment for both aerobic AND anaerobic bacteria - that is what Biohome filter media does perfectly but even with such good media there are limitations and we recommend the following amounts for different stocking scenarios: (1 US Gallon = 3.8 litres) (1kg = 2.2 lbs) Average community tropical aquarium = 1kg per 100 litres Average coldwater aquarium = 1kg - 1.5kg per 100 litres Predator aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres Large cichlid aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres Malawi / Tanganyikan aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres Marine aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres Average mixed fish pond = 1kg per 200 litres Average koi pond = 1kg per 150 litres You may be disagreeing with the above figures but remember that they are for a FULL CYCLE not half a job - achieving 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite is quite easy since aerobic bacteria grows freely on any surface but the anaerobic bacteria responsible for COMPLETING the cycle needs more a specialized habitat. Remember to use a water conditioner which does not bind / detoxify ammonia, nitrite or nitrate as that type of conditioner will severely limit bacteria numbers by starving the bacteria of 'food'. Size a filter properly, set it up sensibly and you will have perfect water - it's that simple....and your filter won't be the dreaded 'Nitrate factory'.....you'll spend less money on treatments too......basically the filter is the foundation of a successful aquarium. This series of videos is all about trying to squeeze more efficiency out of internal and external aquarium filters which generally have a limited filtering capacity - If you have a filter you'd like me to feature in a video then please contact me on: sales@filterpro.co.uk 07772848730 (Richard) Anyone who sends a filter (UK only at present) will have it upgraded and returned to them for free and the only cost you will pay is how much it costs to ship it to me - I'm helping to boost your filter and the resulting videos will hopefully be useful to viewers all over the world so it's a win/win. The following videos will be useful for learning more about filtration and filter media: Sizing a canister properly and filter set up: goo.gl/om19un Looking INSIDE different filter media: goo.gl/hZWS6c Bacteria and filter media: goo.gl/123gAF How to clean an aquarium: goo.gl/bPMhvh Aquarium tips / filtration playlist: goo.gl/pXgqVj This channel is purely a hobby for me so I will never ask viewers to donate money for any of my projects or charge anyone for information - information should be shared freely and I certainly don't consider myself an 'expert' in anything I pursue as a hobby so please do your own research, never accept anything as 'fact', reject anyone claiming to be some sort of authority or 'expert' and make your own minds up about anything you wish to study. We all are on a long path of learning......... RECOMMENDED PRODUCTS ON AMAZON: goo.gl/jMaBWy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/pondguru_outdoors/ Follow me on Odysee: odysee.com/$/invite/@PondGuru:0
Thank you so so much for this fab video. I made a mistake as a newbie and bought the smaller version of this filter. I didn’t realise that you had to buy new cartridges every month! Apart from the expense I was pretty anxious about the amount of waste and plastic I’d have to use. This video has given me a solution to all that for my new little tank. I’m so pleased I found it before I started using the filter. Thanks so much 🙏🏻😊
Looks like a WW2 radar station. Assuming it's a certain design tank that you would have it in - like you say, a quarantine tank..... Aesthetically it's a nightmare, but a canister is surely a bit more discrete. As always, pimped AF and educational fella
Yes in the 3 intake filter form it looks awful, hence my suggestion that it be used as a quarantine filter, lol However, it's quite an adaptable filter and it could be used as a filter on a small tank with minimal visual impact in the form i comes from manufacturer or slightly altered. I just like he fact that the parts are interchangeable to give the end user the option of multiple different set -ups.
@@dascudder (my other account) Some wouldn't describe it as better, lol I just like to show that the factory set up doesn't have to be the only way to run a filter.
The only problem I can see with having all of the bio media in the filter as shown is that the water flowing into the main filter body is just going to shoot clean across the top of the biomedia and out of the outflow spout? There is nothing to force the water flow downwards and through the biomedia, before travelling up and out of the outflow spout. There needs to be some form of baffle the direct the flow?
An absolute master!! How you work these out Richard is beyond me. 👏👏👌 I would love to see you approach a flex 123l filter, unfortunately you can't take them off!! 😩. It's actually stopping me from purchasing one as I like the look of the tanks. 👍
Sorry it's very late and nobody else has addressed your question before. You get some decent foams in the flex and you really just need to fill all the empty space with biogravel. Use the carbon if you need to, keep it to one side if you don't.
I've recently pimped the 100 version after a week of Googling ways to improve it. I ended up putting bio media in the black containers and put a sponge on the end and one in the filter where there was a little black piece of sponge next to the intake above the motor.
Can you do a video on pre filters for large cannister filters.. for example, having a smaller cannister in line on the intake to act as a buffer before the water gets into the main filter.. like hooking up an fx4 output to an fx6 input, using the fx4 with only sponges and only using fx6 internal pump for power
Love watching these videos very educational! Recently purchased a SuperFish Scaper 60 set up which came with this filter, safe to say I'm going to stick with my All Ponds Soloutions EF-250 external filter!! Haha 😁
I bought the 100 version cause it was cheap. Used for about 6 months. Modified it 2 times. First i used as in the box. With some filterwool and ceramic rings in the open spaces. Than i opened up the cartridges and added my own stuff in it. Second time i changed it up i removed the cardridges completly and i made my own plumbing inside the filter with spare parts from different filters. With an old spraybar the water was released on the bottom of the filter and i filled it up with filter media. Filterwool on top and done. It worked really great and the water was crystal clear and the filter was silent. But when i removed the pump to clean it , it was never silent again. After a few weeks of tinkering with it and not getting it silent i swapped it out. Never used it since.
That sounds like what I’ve done lol , I got mine with the scaper kit , but it’s not a great filter , I thought like you try and make it better, as didn’t want to buy another as bad one which came with it. But maybe I’ll end up going the same way as you lol
Hi Can you do the same thing with the super fish 50... And make a filter pad on the bottom for the intake and use pad and filter floss inside with some loose media
I' not familiar with that filter but I'd assume that the process would be the same - follow the foams and fine pad with decent quality filter media and it's all good.
Maybe an elbow section and tube to pump the water down beneath the biological media 👍🏻, even maybe with a pipe connected to it via a second elbow with a load of holes like a spray bar (with a cap on the end of the spray bar) to pump the water up underneath the biological media 👍🏻
What I'm doing is taking out the cartridges completely, putting a large Sponge on the bottom half and bio media on the top half of that media section. Also putting an inlet Sponge surrounding the pipes
@@js5189 great, however you have to make sure you don't over stack these above the water line mark in the filter, otherwise the water will eventually overflow and leak out of the lid.
I just got it's smaller version, the 100. I'll be near a large aquarium store after work tomorrow and they've got loads of options for filter media. I'm putting it on a 35 l scaper tank for cherry shrimp. Of course I'm covering all the places they can get stuck into with mesh. I've also used your tips on the internal Juwel filter. Why replace pads every few months? LOL!
I'm new to aquariums, but it's addictive, I now have five tanks, after thinking one tank would be a great focal point in the livingroom. Now have three tanks in my living room, and two in my bedroom, lol. I'm definitely going to look at your other videos. This was random after seeing a hob filter for sale locally. But knowing the replacement filter nonsense, I totally discounted them. I have a bow front, about 90 litre, but it's tall and slim, so thinking how I could filter that, needing input low and output high to get a good circulation. How about buying one set of replacements, using your course foam as the bottom input in the tank as you suggest, getting the input really low (assume the cartridge could be added to the bottom of the extending tubes), and modifying replacement cartridges with bio and foam inside the hob itself? Great ideas, gives people ways they could modify your modifications
Yes, exactly - the suggestions I put forward in this series of videos are just my ideas of how to improve each filter and there are a nation of other ways to upgrade filters. If viewers take anything away and modify it I'm more than happy as it shows that they are thinking. Best of luck with the tanks.
I have done this differently and have two ways of using it,always love your channel on pimping filters, I have this filter (100version)as came with a kit and was looking at how to pimp, I would say the skimmer on these aren’t great , although having those boxes outside wouldn’t fit in my tank. But I did put like the standard filter with foam in and fine pads on the outside, but used biohome ultimate and put in the bottom stood up to have some biomedia in there, not a lot I know but at least some media.However I have now changed and actually put plastic in to divide a section, in with a gap at the bottom .I used the black rubber , and a tube going down to direct it to the bottom of the filter, then put a plastic biomedia I had ,to keep a gap along the bottom and stack a course , medium and fine pad and then the biomedia on top , and works great. Again won’t give the capacity yours will, and I’m using biohome ultimate as I had loads in an oversized filter on my other tank cycled. But my levels are great , happy to show you if your interested . I may switch out for bio gravel slowly to get more capacity but In stages to keep bacteria
@@pondguru thanks , I can see exactly why you have done it your way to maximise the filter and bio load capacity. I do have it on a 45l Betta and a few shrimp only so not a big bioload and planted . I also guess I’m stead of the filter boxes you could put a big square filter sponge, like you do on some intakes and then all the bio media. Keep up the great videos ,being an engineer I love watching them and thinking along 😂
I had the superfish hob I think it was the 100. I modified it abit, basically I added a pvc elbow and abit of straight pvc and another elbow and then a longer bit of pvc which I drilled holes in. Then I put lava rock over the bottom and then layers of sponge topped with filter floss. What I found is that it didn't like this, and would flood. But then I had lost the little white feet that hold it level with the tank. So maybe it was that. 1/10 would not recommend.
I have the 50 version and was told just to rinse and squeeze out my filter foams in the waist tank water when doing a water change, they are getting a bit shabby and I wonder if I replaced it with new I would lose my healthy bacteria? my tank is only 30L I think maybe I could put a new filter on the inlet but am worried about the strain on the motor as mine is set up to run on one cartridge, any thoughts on the best solution?
Question for you i know you really don't like plastic media unless its moving but what about biopellet reactors in fresh water are they a viable option personally i dont use them and typically use biohome ultimate in everything with deep substrate beds just is it worth looking at
Hey there! Love your vids, yet I was wondering if you could recommend a filter for me.. I live in the US, trying to start a 90gal, planted tank, heavy stock in the future. Initially, I was going to bring over my FX6 but the new cabinet will not fit it 🤣..
The superfish tank whit that filter is for landscaping, the filter setup isn't right for view of aquarium, filtration would be great but the view terrible
Would be optimal to make a pipe from the rubber elbow down to the buttom of the filters chamber.. Have a Superfish hang on 100 filter, but think it's quite noisy (rattling) after just few days of running... Otherwise, a good filter (nice design and performance), but due to the noise i do not use it anymore
Would have been good if you understood that the water isn’t gonna get biologically filtered properly it needs a baffle to force the water under and up through the biomedia, not try a be rude just factual
I agree with that 100% - the set up I'm proposing here makes the best use of the filter but it looks atrocious, lol An All Pond Solutions HOB-500 would make way more sense than this atrocity.
I know you are reviewing and pimping this particular filter but its an abomination by the time he brought the new media it would add up to spending an extra few quid on a tidal . I would and do go tidal every time for a hob . They give you good media . and at a resonable price all i add is an intake sponge and you good to go . Not meant to disparage you as tou can only work with what you got in front of you . but the guy who sent this in needs to do some research the cheap filter aint so cheap
I DID LOOK AT THESE..BEING WHITE PUT ME OFF TO BE HONEST….IVE (3) APS HOB 500 HANG ON FILTERS,THERE BRILL 🤷 CAN BE PACKED WITH SO MUCH MEDIA TO.AND (2) APS 600-HO HANG ON FILTERS.THESE ARE NICE AND EASY TO GET AT,ESP THE LID..
How noisy is the aps hob 600 I have it pimped with ehime substrat pro in mesh bag and pond foam not course and not the blue medium I have white it’s in between the 2 grades
@@hakman239 I WOULDN’T SAY THERE NOISY 🤷IVE DONE MINE LIKE RICHARD HAS.COURSE FOAM AT THE BACK ALL THE WAY ACROSS.THEN MEDIUM FOAM..2 BAGS FULL OF BIO GRAVEL.ABOUT 1 INCH FROM THE TOP THERE IT FLOWS OUT INTO THE TANK,I FILL THAT SPACE WITH A GOOD SIZE FILTER FLOSS.I CHANGE THAT ABOUT ONCE A WEEK..IF THE WATER DROPS THROUGH EVAPORATION.IT WILL SUCK IN AIR.CASE OF NOT HAVING ANY GLASS ON TOP THE TANK TO STOP THIS..I TOP MINE UP EVERY DAY..TIP WHEN TURNING THE FILTER BACK ON,HAVE A SMALL JUG OF TANK WATER TO HAND,AND POUR THAT INTO THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE FILTER WHEN YOU TURN IT BACK ON.AS IT FINDS IT HARD TO SELF PRIME ELSE.ITS A FANTASTIC FILTER,UN BELIEVABLE PRICE 🤷 I USE 2 BOTH ON 30 LTR TANKS 👌🏻
Just not a fan of HOB filters, theres just zero capacity to them. Fine for a little sub 50 litre tank with a low fish stock, but they just look shite aswell just as bad as an internal filter like the fluval U series who the fuck wants that shit in their tank. Cant beat an external, can get micro canisters nowerdays for small tanks they look so much better with just an intake pipe and outlet with the filter body hidden under the tank, you just get so much more capacity also, and most modern canisters have adjustable flow so you can put a stupidly big filter on a small tank and just run it half or quarter flow or whatever suits the tank best.
Yes in the 3 intake filter form it looks awful, hence my suggestion that it be used as a quarantine filter, lol However, it's quite an adaptable filter and it could be used as a filter on a small tank with minimal visual impact in the form i comes from manufacturer or slightly altered. I just like he fact that the parts are interchangeable to give the end user the option of multiple different set -ups.
Oh my - the loony Left and the blue haired screamers will think that comment is racist. No, hold on you said the worst thing about it is that it's white - that's fine. Carry on.....lol
Good filter for a quarantine tank or fish which don't like a high flow?
Superfish Hang On 500 (Amazon): geni.us/ew3cXIt
Superfish Hang On 500 (Ebay): ebay.us/UezDeR
Foams, Biohome Ultimate, Biogravel etc: www.filterpro.co.uk
(FilterPro site has links to Biohome suppliers in other countries)
Follow me on Odysee: odysee.com/$/invite/@PondGuru:0
Contact me on 07772848730 / sales@filterpro.co.uk
(I don't do texts)
The Superfish Hang On 200 is a slimline hang on the back filter which uses a cartridge system which can be repurposed to free up space inside the filter for biological media.
In the video I got approx. 900g / 2 lb of Biogravel into the filter either in 3 x 300g mesh bags or 1 x 900g mesh bag - that makes the filter suitable for tanks of up to 100 litres / 26 US gallons for a normal stock or half that for a heavy stock (if the goal is to achieve a FULL cycle).
The plastic used for the filter is very similar to thick 'Tupperware' plastic and is not brittle like some HOB filters. Even the pipes and other fittings use the same plastic so there is little danger of breaking it.
A full cycle is completed by bacteria - the aerobic part of biological filtration which processes ammonia to nitrite and nitrite to nitrate followed by an anaerobic part which processes nitrate into soluble nitrogen which bubbles off to the atmosphere.
Therefore it requires a suitable amount of excellent quality filter media to be able to provide the environment for both aerobic AND anaerobic bacteria - that is what Biohome filter media does perfectly but even with such good media there are limitations and we recommend the following amounts for different stocking scenarios:
(1 US Gallon = 3.8 litres)
(1kg = 2.2 lbs)
Average community tropical aquarium = 1kg per 100 litres
Average coldwater aquarium = 1kg - 1.5kg per 100 litres
Predator aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres
Large cichlid aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres
Malawi / Tanganyikan aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres
Marine aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres
Average mixed fish pond = 1kg per 200 litres
Average koi pond = 1kg per 150 litres
You may be disagreeing with the above figures but remember that they are for a FULL CYCLE not half a job - achieving 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite is quite easy since aerobic bacteria grows freely on any surface but the anaerobic bacteria responsible for COMPLETING the cycle needs more a specialized habitat.
Remember to use a water conditioner which does not bind / detoxify ammonia, nitrite or nitrate as that type of conditioner will severely limit bacteria numbers by starving the bacteria of 'food'.
Size a filter properly, set it up sensibly and you will have perfect water - it's that simple....and your filter won't be the dreaded 'Nitrate factory'.....you'll spend less money on treatments too......basically the filter is the foundation of a successful aquarium.
This series of videos is all about trying to squeeze more efficiency out of internal and external aquarium filters which generally have a limited filtering capacity - If you have a filter you'd like me to feature in a video then please contact me on:
sales@filterpro.co.uk
07772848730 (Richard)
Anyone who sends a filter (UK only at present) will have it upgraded and returned to them for free and the only cost you will pay is how much it costs to ship it to me - I'm helping to boost your filter and the resulting videos will hopefully be useful to viewers all over the world so it's a win/win.
The following videos will be useful for learning more about filtration and filter media:
Sizing a canister properly and filter set up: goo.gl/om19un
Looking INSIDE different filter media: goo.gl/hZWS6c
Bacteria and filter media: goo.gl/123gAF
How to clean an aquarium: goo.gl/bPMhvh
Aquarium tips / filtration playlist: goo.gl/pXgqVj
This channel is purely a hobby for me so I will never ask viewers to donate money for any of my projects or charge anyone for information - information should be shared freely and I certainly don't consider myself an 'expert' in anything I pursue as a hobby so please do your own research, never accept anything as 'fact', reject anyone claiming to be some sort of authority or 'expert' and make your own minds up about anything you wish to study.
We all are on a long path of learning.........
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Additionally, I cut of the bottoms of the plastic cartridges, so then you slide the foam in, instead of having to open them up each time
Thank you so so much for this fab video. I made a mistake as a newbie and bought the smaller version of this filter. I didn’t realise that you had to buy new cartridges every month! Apart from the expense I was pretty anxious about the amount of waste and plastic I’d have to use. This video has given me a solution to all that for my new little tank. I’m so pleased I found it before I started using the filter. Thanks so much 🙏🏻😊
Great use of the factory cartridges. That was literally the only way that was going to work with any appreciable bio capacity. Well done!
It looks a bit Frankenstein in the 3 intake form but it would be an effective quarantine filter for sure.
Looks like a WW2 radar station. Assuming it's a certain design tank that you would have it in - like you say, a quarantine tank..... Aesthetically it's a nightmare, but a canister is surely a bit more discrete. As always, pimped AF and educational fella
Yes in the 3 intake filter form it looks awful, hence my suggestion that it be used as a quarantine filter, lol
However, it's quite an adaptable filter and it could be used as a filter on a small tank with minimal visual impact in the form i comes from manufacturer or slightly altered.
I just like he fact that the parts are interchangeable to give the end user the option of multiple different set -ups.
@@pondguru moreover it’s fascinating to see how you make these filters so much better than the ‘expert’ manufacturers roll them out as
@@dascudder (my other account) Some wouldn't describe it as better, lol
I just like to show that the factory set up doesn't have to be the only way to run a filter.
The only problem I can see with having all of the bio media in the filter as shown is that the water flowing into the main filter body is just going to shoot clean across the top of the biomedia and out of the outflow spout? There is nothing to force the water flow downwards and through the biomedia, before travelling up and out of the outflow spout. There needs to be some form of baffle the direct the flow?
Maybe sum kind of elbo joint to point it down
That would look fantastic in my aquascape, would hardly know it’s there 👀
lol, I'm sure it would be as inconspicuous as the international space station in a local swimming pool.
😂🫶🏻
An absolute master!! How you work these out Richard is beyond me. 👏👏👌
I would love to see you approach a flex 123l filter, unfortunately you can't take them off!! 😩. It's actually stopping me from purchasing one as I like the look of the tanks. 👍
Sorry it's very late and nobody else has addressed your question before. You get some decent foams in the flex and you really just need to fill all the empty space with biogravel. Use the carbon if you need to, keep it to one side if you don't.
I've recently pimped the 100 version after a week of Googling ways to improve it. I ended up putting bio media in the black containers and put a sponge on the end and one in the filter where there was a little black piece of sponge next to the intake above the motor.
How did it last? I've just got this filter and don't want to go the replacing cartridge route.
Can you do a video on pre filters for large cannister filters.. for example, having a smaller cannister in line on the intake to act as a buffer before the water gets into the main filter.. like hooking up an fx4 output to an fx6 input, using the fx4 with only sponges and only using fx6 internal pump for power
Love watching these videos very educational! Recently purchased a SuperFish Scaper 60 set up which came with this filter, safe to say I'm going to stick with my All Ponds Soloutions EF-250 external filter!! Haha 😁
(my other channel) Sounds like a good plan if it's doing a better job.
I bought the 100 version cause it was cheap.
Used for about 6 months.
Modified it 2 times.
First i used as in the box. With some filterwool and ceramic rings in the open spaces.
Than i opened up the cartridges and added my own stuff in it.
Second time i changed it up i removed the cardridges completly and i made my own plumbing inside the filter with spare parts from different filters.
With an old spraybar the water was released on the bottom of the filter and i filled it up with filter media.
Filterwool on top and done.
It worked really great and the water was crystal clear and the filter was silent.
But when i removed the pump to clean it , it was never silent again.
After a few weeks of tinkering with it and not getting it silent i swapped it out.
Never used it since.
That sounds like what I’ve done lol , I got mine with the scaper kit , but it’s not a great filter , I thought like you try and make it better, as didn’t want to buy another as bad one which came with it. But maybe I’ll end up going the same way as you lol
I hated the noise but found mine was just trapped air. If you turn it off and on a few times it forces the air out and it's practically silent
I pimped the 100 model, diffently if you want to see my video, this filter is really a good filter, easy to tune and efficient
If the skimmer is an issue just remove it, surface agitation will come from the output. Put the cartridges where the skimmer inserts goes.
This is like the perfect HOB with you use it the wrong way lol!
Brilliant help. Thanks.
I'm glad you found the video useful - thanks for watching.
You could just buy a coarse foam pre-filter sponge. They're made for HOB filters
Hi
Can you do the same thing with the super fish 50... And make a filter pad on the bottom for the intake and use pad and filter floss inside with some loose media
I' not familiar with that filter but I'd assume that the process would be the same - follow the foams and fine pad with decent quality filter media and it's all good.
Maybe an elbow section and tube to pump the water down beneath the biological media 👍🏻, even maybe with a pipe connected to it via a second elbow with a load of holes like a spray bar (with a cap on the end of the spray bar) to pump the water up underneath the biological media 👍🏻
What I'm doing is taking out the cartridges completely, putting a large Sponge on the bottom half and bio media on the top half of that media section. Also putting an inlet Sponge surrounding the pipes
How did that go?
@@js5189 great, however you have to make sure you don't over stack these above the water line mark in the filter, otherwise the water will eventually overflow and leak out of the lid.
I just got it's smaller version, the 100. I'll be near a large aquarium store after work tomorrow and they've got loads of options for filter media. I'm putting it on a 35 l scaper tank for cherry shrimp. Of course I'm covering all the places they can get stuck into with mesh. I've also used your tips on the internal Juwel filter. Why replace pads every few months? LOL!
Nice one - thanks for the information and best of luck with the tank.
tip for getting the cartridges open: squeeze them!
I'm new to aquariums, but it's addictive, I now have five tanks, after thinking one tank would be a great focal point in the livingroom. Now have three tanks in my living room, and two in my bedroom, lol.
I'm definitely going to look at your other videos. This was random after seeing a hob filter for sale locally. But knowing the replacement filter nonsense, I totally discounted them. I have a bow front, about 90 litre, but it's tall and slim, so thinking how I could filter that, needing input low and output high to get a good circulation.
How about buying one set of replacements, using your course foam as the bottom input in the tank as you suggest, getting the input really low (assume the cartridge could be added to the bottom of the extending tubes), and modifying replacement cartridges with bio and foam inside the hob itself?
Great ideas, gives people ways they could modify your modifications
Yes, exactly - the suggestions I put forward in this series of videos are just my ideas of how to improve each filter and there are a nation of other ways to upgrade filters.
If viewers take anything away and modify it I'm more than happy as it shows that they are thinking.
Best of luck with the tanks.
I have done this differently and have two ways of using it,always love your channel on pimping filters, I have this filter (100version)as came with a kit and was looking at how to pimp, I would say the skimmer on these aren’t great , although having those boxes outside wouldn’t fit in my tank. But I did put like the standard filter with foam in and fine pads on the outside, but used biohome ultimate and put in the bottom stood up to have some biomedia in there, not a lot I know but at least some media.However I have now changed and actually put plastic in to divide a section, in with a gap at the bottom .I used the black rubber , and a tube going down to direct it to the bottom of the filter, then put a plastic biomedia I had ,to keep a gap along the bottom and stack a course , medium and fine pad and then the biomedia on top , and works great. Again won’t give the capacity yours will, and I’m using biohome ultimate as I had loads in an oversized filter on my other tank cycled. But my levels are great , happy to show you if your interested . I may switch out for bio gravel slowly to get more capacity but In stages to keep bacteria
All sounds good to me, man and if it's working well for you I'd suggest not changing anything unless you have to.
@@pondguru thanks , I can see exactly why you have done it your way to maximise the filter and bio load capacity. I do have it on a 45l Betta and a few shrimp only so not a big bioload and planted . I also guess I’m stead of the filter boxes you could put a big square filter sponge, like you do on some intakes and then all the bio media. Keep up the great videos ,being an engineer I love watching them and thinking along 😂
@@matthewsmith6374 (my other account) Yes a block of foam over the intake would do the same job so all good there.
I had the superfish hob I think it was the 100. I modified it abit, basically I added a pvc elbow and abit of straight pvc and another elbow and then a longer bit of pvc which I drilled holes in. Then I put lava rock over the bottom and then layers of sponge topped with filter floss.
What I found is that it didn't like this, and would flood. But then I had lost the little white feet that hold it level with the tank. So maybe it was that. 1/10 would not recommend.
This is sooooo useful!
I'm glad you found it useful - thanks for watching.
I have the 50 version and was told just to rinse and squeeze out my filter foams in the waist tank water when doing a water change, they are getting a bit shabby and I wonder if I replaced it with new I would lose my healthy bacteria? my tank is only 30L I think maybe I could put a new filter on the inlet but am worried about the strain on the motor as mine is set up to run on one cartridge, any thoughts on the best solution?
If you're only replacing the foam(s) then you're not going to lose much bacteria and it will soon repopulate so no worries there.
I noticed that there is another filter inside on top of the pump on the inside of the casing as it is full of holes lol
Question for you i know you really don't like plastic media unless its moving but what about biopellet reactors in fresh water are they a viable option personally i dont use them and typically use biohome ultimate in everything with deep substrate beds just is it worth looking at
that was very unexpected would a course pre filter sponge on the inlet work abs silicone the other bit off?
Hey there!
Love your vids, yet I was wondering if you could recommend a filter for me..
I live in the US, trying to start a 90gal, planted tank, heavy stock in the future.
Initially, I was going to bring over my FX6 but the new cabinet will not fit it 🤣..
The superfish tank whit that filter is for landscaping, the filter setup isn't right for view of aquarium, filtration would be great but the view terrible
100% - this is really one for a breeding tank or stock tank. It would look ridiculous in a nicely set up tank.
Thanks! I feel vindicated for popping my own plastic cartridges open and swapping the charcoal for biological media a year ago.
I use marineland 450 that I hop up works well
I dont see mee doing this. I can imagine it looks ugly in the thank with these 3 black foames. I will look for another sollution
I'm if full agreement - this is really a set up for a breeding tank where looks don't matter.
Would be optimal to make a pipe from the rubber elbow down to the buttom of the filters chamber..
Have a Superfish hang on 100 filter, but think it's quite noisy (rattling) after just few days of running...
Otherwise, a good filter (nice design and performance), but due to the noise i do not use it anymore
Would have been good if you understood that the water isn’t gonna get biologically filtered properly it needs a baffle to force the water under and up through the biomedia, not try a be rude just factual
just ridiculous. Imagine having this abomanation in your tank. Use it as it comes or just buy a different and better filter !!
I agree with that 100% - the set up I'm proposing here makes the best use of the filter but it looks atrocious, lol
An All Pond Solutions HOB-500 would make way more sense than this atrocity.
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All these filters you never mention the cheapest best filter of all, making your own sump tank filter.
I know you are reviewing and pimping this particular filter but its an abomination by the time he brought the new media it would add up to spending an extra few quid on a tidal . I would and do go tidal every time for a hob . They give you good media . and at a resonable price all i add is an intake sponge and you good to go . Not meant to disparage you as tou can only work with what you got in front of you . but the guy who sent this in needs to do some research the cheap filter aint so cheap
I DID LOOK AT THESE..BEING WHITE PUT ME OFF TO BE HONEST….IVE (3) APS HOB 500 HANG ON FILTERS,THERE BRILL 🤷 CAN BE PACKED WITH SO MUCH MEDIA TO.AND (2) APS 600-HO HANG ON FILTERS.THESE ARE NICE AND EASY TO GET AT,ESP THE LID..
How noisy is the aps hob 600 I have it pimped with ehime substrat pro in mesh bag and pond foam not course and not the blue medium I have white it’s in between the 2 grades
@@hakman239 I WOULDN’T SAY THERE NOISY 🤷IVE DONE MINE LIKE RICHARD HAS.COURSE FOAM AT THE BACK ALL THE WAY ACROSS.THEN MEDIUM FOAM..2 BAGS FULL OF BIO GRAVEL.ABOUT 1 INCH FROM THE TOP THERE IT FLOWS OUT INTO THE TANK,I FILL THAT SPACE WITH A GOOD SIZE FILTER FLOSS.I CHANGE THAT ABOUT ONCE A WEEK..IF THE WATER DROPS THROUGH EVAPORATION.IT WILL SUCK IN AIR.CASE OF NOT HAVING ANY GLASS ON TOP THE TANK TO STOP THIS..I TOP MINE UP EVERY DAY..TIP WHEN TURNING THE FILTER BACK ON,HAVE A SMALL JUG OF TANK WATER TO HAND,AND POUR THAT INTO THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE FILTER WHEN YOU TURN IT BACK ON.AS IT FINDS IT HARD TO SELF PRIME ELSE.ITS A FANTASTIC FILTER,UN BELIEVABLE PRICE 🤷 I USE 2 BOTH ON 30 LTR TANKS 👌🏻
Just not a fan of HOB filters, theres just zero capacity to them. Fine for a little sub 50 litre tank with a low fish stock, but they just look shite aswell just as bad as an internal filter like the fluval U series who the fuck wants that shit in their tank.
Cant beat an external, can get micro canisters nowerdays for small tanks they look so much better with just an intake pipe and outlet with the filter body hidden under the tank, you just get so much more capacity also, and most modern canisters have adjustable flow so you can put a stupidly big filter on a small tank and just run it half or quarter flow or whatever suits the tank best.
I agree with all of that - canisters offer way more filtration but for situations where a canister isn't an option there is a nation of other options.
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this filter is a complete and total mess . . . HARD PASS!!!
Yes in the 3 intake filter form it looks awful, hence my suggestion that it be used as a quarantine filter, lol
However, it's quite an adaptable filter and it could be used as a filter on a small tank with minimal visual impact in the form i comes from manufacturer or slightly altered.
I just like he fact that the parts are interchangeable to give the end user the option of multiple different set -ups.
The worst thing about this filter is that it’s white. 👎🏻
I had it on an aquarium with a frosted white backglass. And than its perfect.
Oh my - the loony Left and the blue haired screamers will think that comment is racist.
No, hold on you said the worst thing about it is that it's white - that's fine.
Carry on.....lol
Swazi! Another great NZ clothing store.
Yes very expensive in the UK for the decent clothing from Swazi but it is good stuff.
When I buy outdoor gear I like good quality.