I have an FX6 and Fluval 407 on a 110 gallon and only clean them once every 3 months. They are on smart plugs and are off during feeding. I Have 3 tangs, 2 clowns, 5 chromes, 1 damsel, 1 wrasse and assortment of cleanup crew. I do a 25-gallon water change once a month and water is always pristine. I maintain nitrate at 8 and phos at 0.04. I never had a sump, and one is on my bucket list because I do agree it is superior and would be much easier to maintenance but only want it for the experience but absolutely do not need it.
May I ask what media you’re using in your Fluval 407 filter for your saltwater tank. I have carbon, phosphate pads, floss, bioballs in mine. Do you think I should add ammonia pads? Oh and mine has the blue and white sponges
If you change your canister filter in an oase biomaster then its much more easy to clean.Because the oase biomaster has an easy to remove pre filter.And the temperature controller in in the canister filter ,so you dont have to put it in the tank
To break up that surface protein install a Fluval Surface Skimmer on the intake side of the canister filter. Works great and only cost about $30. Happy Thanksgiving.
Can you put up a link for the surface skimmer? I have a Fluval 407 canister filter on my 40 gallon FOWLR tank. I do get some diatoms on the sand but I was told that’s normal for a new tank as mines 7 months old. But I didn’t know you could get a skimmer like your talking about. :)
I have a Fluval 407 on my 40 gallon FOWLR tank that has 5 fish and to this day I have 0 nitrate, 0 nitrite, 0 ammonia, 7.8-8 PH, salinity at 1.025 and ready for this….. I do my tank on tap water as I couldn’t buy a small RO system for my tap when I started due to stock issues. The fish store told me to keep doing what I’m doing. And only issue I’ve had is diatoms on sand but every few days I take a stick and mix up the sand
I use a canister filter currently been on my reef tank for years I haven't gotten expensive corals in there but hammers octospawn trachea and other LPS do great in there don't let em fool ya canister filter is a great option for a low tech tank
I have been using a Marineland 360 canister filter for my 65-gallon saltwater tank for 4 years. I have 10 fish and a lot of zoa's and hammer coral. Maintenance everyone two weeks and doing 20% water change each time.
I installed my reef tank 5 months ago and my filtration system is a canister filter, I have approximately 15 fish and soft corals in a 40 gallons tank and I have never had any problems 😎👍🐠
Beaitiful fish and beautiful corals. Thany for sharing. God bless you and your whole family and friends, plus i want to wish you and your whole family and friends a Happy Thanksgiving....🙏❤🙏❤🙏😊🙂😀
There's nowhere near enough mechanical filtration on that canister filter. There's also lots of floating bits in the water column. You need filter floss with no gaps at the side to polish your water and to stop the bits getting past . You should only have it on the bottom trays otherwise if it's above your mechanical filtration it clogs up the the mechanical filtration pores. On my mixed reef 180 litre. I have the same fluval 307 filter. On the bottom trays I have Sponges with a filter floss layer on top of sponges, 2nd trays full to the top with seachem matrix, 3rd trays loaded with more seachem matrix with just enough space for a bag of Purigen to fit in. I also have a Tunze doc904 skimmer. My nitrates and phosphate are all under control. My tank is my pride and joy full of softies lps and some sps. I only have 6 fish to keep my bioload down.
I run a canister filter the easy way is to run a dose pump I have a Red Sea 4dose and dosing dd solutions levels are in Wack all the time run a auto top up aswell so it is possible nitrate sits around 10-15 phosphate 0.1 now before I started dosing my phosphate was 4.2 and nitrate 72 so tell him start dosing
Hey, so before I continue, I'm changing into a full Kevlar suit, So IMO that tank does look nice but not grate, slap a sump and control all the stuff better it will improve the parameters a lot more and the owner will be pulling his hear out cause the growth of the corals the Zoas should be much more and the Xenia would be double the size just to mentions 2 things, 40% WC twice a month is heavy just to control the tank, and keep in mind nennies also split cause of stress, had a nennie never split till my tank took a dip. talking about all the good bac but the filter gets emptied with every clean so does the bas's not flush as well and the tank takes a knock (set back). just my 2 cents.nice,
Thanks for the comment :) The tank is so well established that cleaning the filter has little to no effect. We always make Suggestions, but we can only go far as the customer is willing.
A single canister of that size for that size of aquarium isnt really enough imo, you need to filtering at least 4 times that of the tank which that 307 iant capable of doing.......
@@aquariumservicetech2891 im using fritz 900 with 2 baby clownfish to cycle but the water is a little cloudy is that a bacterial bloom ? Fish are eating the moment i put them in the tank.
A newbie to your youtube channel. I appreciate you explaining things in simple terms for us saltwater aquarium enthusiasts. Thanks
Thanks for the content man you’ve answer a lot of question that I’ve had!!! Keep the videos coming.
will do tyty
I now use two fluval FX6 canister filters on my 125. LOVE THEM.
I have an FX6 and Fluval 407 on a 110 gallon and only clean them once every 3 months. They are on smart plugs and are off during feeding. I Have 3 tangs, 2 clowns, 5 chromes, 1 damsel, 1 wrasse and assortment of cleanup crew. I do a 25-gallon water change once a month and water is always pristine. I maintain nitrate at 8 and phos at 0.04. I never had a sump, and one is on my bucket list because I do agree it is superior and would be much easier to maintenance but only want it for the experience but absolutely do not need it.
May I ask what media you’re using in your Fluval 407 filter for your saltwater tank. I have carbon, phosphate pads, floss, bioballs in mine. Do you think I should add ammonia pads? Oh and mine has the blue and white sponges
Thats great readings , what do you have in your canister filters ?
If you change your canister filter in an oase biomaster then its much more easy to clean.Because the oase biomaster has an easy to remove pre filter.And the temperature controller in in the canister filter ,so you dont have to put it in the tank
To break up that surface protein install a Fluval Surface Skimmer on the intake side of the canister filter. Works great and only cost about $30. Happy Thanksgiving.
Can you put up a link for the surface skimmer? I have a Fluval 407 canister filter on my 40 gallon FOWLR tank. I do get some diatoms on the sand but I was told that’s normal for a new tank as mines 7 months old. But I didn’t know you could get a skimmer like your talking about. :)
@@Scott-cy6zv just search "Fluval surface skimmer", there is only one
I have a Fluval 407 on my 40 gallon FOWLR tank that has 5 fish and to this day I have 0 nitrate, 0 nitrite, 0 ammonia, 7.8-8 PH, salinity at 1.025 and ready for this….. I do my tank on tap water as I couldn’t buy a small RO system for my tap when I started due to stock issues. The fish store told me to keep doing what I’m doing. And only issue I’ve had is diatoms on sand but every few days I take a stick and mix up the sand
Get some conch snails for the sand
Snails and copods will clear up in no time
Angle the power head on the left up, it will fix the surface agitation on the left
I use a canister filter currently been on my reef tank for years I haven't gotten expensive corals in there but hammers octospawn trachea and other LPS do great in there don't let em fool ya canister filter is a great option for a low tech tank
That’s awesome
I gutted my canister and it has just live rock. I recently got a hob protein skimmer, best thing ever got no more oil on the surface
I have been using a Marineland 360 canister filter for my 65-gallon saltwater tank for 4 years. I have 10 fish and a lot of zoa's and hammer coral. Maintenance everyone two weeks and doing 20% water change each time.
Hi, how do you top off your water with the canister filter?
@@maestro3820 I have ATO on my tank
@@MENZ31 what is it?
@@redplayboy3751 Duetto Dual-Sensor Complete Aquarium ATO System - XP Aqua
@@MENZ31 ahh okay 👍.. anyway is it ok to topup with fresh water? Only for topup not for water change
I installed my reef tank 5 months ago and my filtration system is a canister filter, I have approximately 15 fish and soft corals in a 40 gallons tank and I have never had any problems 😎👍🐠
When you top up the water do you use fresh water or salt water? And how do you top up?
what kind of canister filter are you running?
15 fish in a 40 gallon marine aquarium is well overstocked. It not good for that many fish to be crammed into such a small tank.
@@redplayboy3751 always fresh water!!
@@alletklameista the filter is a Penn Plax Cascade 1000
Nice
Beaitiful fish and beautiful corals. Thany for sharing. God bless you and your whole family and friends, plus i want to wish you and your whole family and friends a Happy Thanksgiving....🙏❤🙏❤🙏😊🙂😀
Happy holidays! Bubba to you and yours
There's nowhere near enough mechanical filtration on that canister filter. There's also lots of floating bits in the water column. You need filter floss with no gaps at the side to polish your water and to stop the bits getting past . You should only have it on the bottom trays otherwise if it's above your mechanical filtration it clogs up the the mechanical filtration pores. On my mixed reef 180 litre. I have the same fluval 307 filter. On the bottom trays I have Sponges with a filter floss layer on top of sponges, 2nd trays full to the top with seachem matrix, 3rd trays loaded with more seachem matrix with just enough space for a bag of Purigen to fit in. I also have a Tunze doc904 skimmer. My nitrates and phosphate are all under control. My tank is my pride and joy full of softies lps and some sps. I only have 6 fish to keep my bioload down.
I run a canister filter the easy way is to run a dose pump I have a Red Sea 4dose and dosing dd solutions levels are in Wack all the time run a auto top up aswell so it is possible nitrate sits around 10-15 phosphate 0.1 now before I started dosing my phosphate was 4.2 and nitrate 72 so tell him start dosing
would a protein skimmer be a simple solution to the detritus gathering on the water surface?
Yes or better flow
Nice to see someone running a canister filter on a coral tank.
Can you list the names of these coral? I'll add them to my list of "next to get" ty!
Hammer , Xenia , mushrooms
Eheim makes a surface skimmer
Hey, so before I continue, I'm changing into a full Kevlar suit, So IMO that tank does look nice but not grate, slap a sump and control all the stuff better it will improve the parameters a lot more and the owner will be pulling his hear out cause the growth of the corals the Zoas should be much more and the Xenia would be double the size just to mentions 2 things, 40% WC twice a month is heavy just to control the tank, and keep in mind nennies also split cause of stress, had a nennie never split till my tank took a dip. talking about all the good bac but the filter gets emptied with every clean so does the bas's not flush as well and the tank takes a knock (set back). just my 2 cents.nice,
Thanks for the comment :) The tank is so well established that cleaning the filter has little to no effect. We always make Suggestions, but we can only go far as the customer is willing.
mine saltwater tank with canister filtration has about 3 days now (cycling) hope all things going to be ok. wish me luck
NICE! Good luck and remember patience is key.
Arent there any parts that could rust especially under salt?
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A Ute they are made more for fresh water but it’s mostly plastic In Those
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A single canister of that size for that size of aquarium isnt really enough imo, you need to filtering at least 4 times that of the tank which that 307 iant capable of doing.......
Agreed
Wow puffer fish in with corals.i don't think you could do that¿
we have very good success with the green spotted puffer in reef tanks. Not 1 has hurt coral or tank mates
Hey i just bought a canister filter for my 60g reef tank what is the best media i should put in it that wont create a nitrate factory ?
If you keep up on your tank maintenance and stock fish appropriately it shouldn’t be a problem.
@@aquariumservicetech2891 im using fritz 900 with 2 baby clownfish to cycle but the water is a little cloudy is that a bacterial bloom ? Fish are eating the moment i put them in the tank.