Still watching this two years later. Thank you so much! I have an 80-gallon tank and though it was still a three-hour job for little 'ole me, it would have been a lengthier process had I had to call customer support. You're awesome!
Great tutorial!! I appreciate it!! I had to clean the 75 gallon fish tank at my office and didn't have a clue how. Your video gave me the confidence and assistance I needed!! Thank you!
I love that you made this video. I really had no clue how I was going to dismantle mine. I have two because I have a 160 gallon aquarium. This saved me
@@CesarCinema A better question would be "what kind of fish did you have?" Unfortunately, an unforeseen disaster happened to my aquarium. My 160 gallon tank sits on a large stand. So together the height is a little over 6' tall and 5' wide. The aquarium is so heavy and had to be moved by my father and two of my brothers. The aquarium stood against the wall with about 3 inches of space (for wires and filtration accessories, etc). I set up the aquarium with plants, filters, lighting, and the works. After more than two weeks to make sure the bacteria was good, and getting my water tested at Petsmart, I got tetras. I heard they were friendly and I wanted fish that traveled as a school since I have such a large tank. I bought 30 (three different types). I only had them for two weeks when suddenly the aquarium sprung a leak. It didn't take long to discover that the aquarium was leaking, but it took about a minute to discover WHERE the leak was coming from. I had to turn off the filters, the bubbler.. everything that possibly made noise just to hear the source of the leak. It was in the center base of the aquarium. Directly behind the aquarium. My mom and I were the only ones home.... Do you know how heavy a 160 gallon tank (full of water) is?? I had to get inside the aquarium stand and apply pressure to the back of the tank (using the opening) to try and slow the gushing till my father sped home from work. We lost over 30% of the water by the time my father got home. He used a large piece of wood, placed it under the aquarium, and used it as leverage with my mom to move it away from the wall. But nothing he did... nothing from any hardware store, could stop the water. I tried to save all the fish. You can imagine their anxiety levels. They wouldn't even let me catch them. But I managed to. Unfortunately I went on a work related trip the following morning and did not come back for a week. The fish's temporary home did not have the bacteria they needed to survive. I was ignorant of nitrate levels and they all died. I felt so helpless because I did not know initially what was causing it until it was too late. My father had used a water-based sealant from Home Depot to patch up the aquarium. He couldn't do it immediately because the aquarium had to dry out completely. Anyway, I was distraught after all the time and investment I put into everything that I was so afraid to get fish. It's been about five months and I told myself to try again. But thought filters sat under the aquarium full of the same water from that time. So I really needed them cleaned. I had no idea how to do it. So thank you. I'm going to wait a few days and get the water tested again and get more fish. I want to see if I can also get a turtle. Do you think they'd live well with the fish?
Wow 😿. Sorry to hear all of that but I’m glad that you are giving it another shot. I wish I had a tank as big as yours. I don’t think it would be a good idea putting a turtle in your tank because there is a good chance he will eat all the fish. Please let me know how it goes when you get the tank up and running with the new fishes.
@@CesarCinema Well... against my better judgement I gave it another go. I set up the aquarium, filters, bubblers, conditioner, etc and waited over a week before I put my fish. I got a lot of Molly's this time. I have orange pandas, Mickey's, and dalmations. About six days after getting them the aquarium began to leak... this time around the base. I think my father applied new glue over the old and it did not cure properly. So uh... I spent over three hours with my little sister catching 25 fish. I was down to my last fish when I discovered eight baby runts swimming inside. Boy oh boy. I was soaked by the time I got them all. I went to PetSmart the next day, grabbed the only corner aquarium they had (55 gallons) and set it up with a stress relieving product and acclimated the fish slowly. All of them survived. Thank you for the caution of getting a turtle. Before reading this message I actually was told the same thing by one of the PetSmart employees. By the way, our aquarium is too massive to move. It apparently needs about six men so it hasn't budged an inch. This is why we grabbed a corner aquarium. It was to locate it in the only available spot in the living room.
Wow, that filter needed a good cleaning. I'm seriously thinking about getting a canister filter like yours. I can see that it does a great job of filtering.
D.J. Crigger I love mine. So easy to maintain. Only thing I would’ve done different was clean the canister better and the impeller for the pump. Other than that great job
I am so happy this video is still up. I referred to it because my filter has recently started to leak. The gasket is still very secure and it doesn't look like there are any tears. I'm going to reassemble and see if that remedies the problem. Hopefully it does ♡
Put plumbers tape and lube gasket with Vaseline every time you do maintenance. People that sell silicone will tell you that Vaseline will mess up the gasket but aquarium junkies will tell you it's just fine. Also the plumbers tape will go in like garbage but it's only meant to make a tighter seal. It doesn't actually stick like tape. I know this is an Old Post, but a lot of people toss away this canister due to an way fixed leak issue.
Caesar thank you for the video. I just bought my Marineland C220 from Amazon a couple of days ago I received it yesterday 9/14/19. Thank you very much you’re the reason I bought it, and I’m very excited and pleased with it. So far so good 😊. Thank you again brother!! Take care and God Bless!!😎😇
Even if I didn't already see the fish, I would know that there isn't a turtle in that tank... Your filter is so clean!! The tubes are mine are solid gray from turtle muck LoL And I did try cleaning them out with hydrogen peroxide. No change!
Hi, thank you so much for this video. I just purchased this filter today and I’m really excited to get it going. Can you tell me if you fill the canister up with water before you re-attach the top? Does that help with the priming process? Also as I was connecting the hoses to the top of the intake, I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to push past the threads and then tighten the nuts...I was able to get it up to the threads, the directions weren’t very clear about that. Thanks.
If you have trouble with air bubbles in tubes on start up; hold out put in bucket and place bucket below tank bottom glass level for few seconds to fill bucket and release air pockets in hoses.
Just purchased the 360 yesterday, I fell into the whole FX concept 7 months ago, I'm not knocking Fluval by any means, they are awesome for mechanical filtration, but as for Biological.... Was able to place more biological in my new 360, runs awesome and a fraction of the cost....
@@CesarCinema 3 Red Devils, 2 in my 75 gallon and 1 in another. I also have 2 Jack Dempseys and 1 Firemouth, wanting to rehome the Jack's and the other, love my Red Devils....
I'll see if I can help I just got one of these and learning myself when you remove them there's a stop the water from flowing out of the tubes and pouring out of it so you just turn the little red thing and lift them off and the water will stay in the tube I did my first major cleaning on mine last night it took me an hour because my tubes were really dirty from somebody else owning it and you can get long scrubbers that are attached to metal that are 5 and 6 ft long on Amazon to clean the tubing the really hard thing sometimes is getting this to Prime I think if you don't clean your tubes and get air in them it's much easier by leaving water in them but I found it once you remove the tubes it's really difficult to get this thing started again so I've learned that you just fill it up with water your aquarium water first then put the lid on it and then it starts up easy
@@CesarCinema wth , after 3 weeks my tank smelled like a odor from fish , it wasnt necessarily dirty tho but what do you do bout the smell , especially if you only changing for 3 4 months
Hello Cesar, would you mind to tell me what brand aquarium tank do you have ? I’m buying mine in a couple of days, was thinking glass aquarium 50 gallon. Thanks man !
Your fish tank looks great. How big is largest koi in your tank? My koi fish is about 4 inches and I hope they are ok to stay in my 70 gallon for a year. Otherwise, I need to get a pond in the future.
Mr. Caesar, couple ??'s one: the aqua safe guard do you add half a cap to each bucket you add to the tank? second, did you rinse the canister out before you placed all the clean things back into the canister? if so, did you the tank water? Thanks so much for your in put! I Love my canisters , I have three tanks and use them, I should have been used them from day one! has solved many issues I had...
Hi Deena. Yes I put half a cap into a 5 gallon bucket and let it sit for about a minute, then I pour it into the tank. Yes I rinsed the canister with tank water. Thanks for watching!!
hey man, my filter keeps on making a swishing noise and i think it’s because of the trapped air inside of it, anyway on fixing this? it’s driving me crazy
Easy fix, and yes that is caused by air pockets in your tubes. Quick fix: 1) unplug canister 2) pump red knob with one hand until you see only water in your tubes (or 15 times or so) 3) quickly plugin canister with other hand and stop pumping when the canister turns on. That should do it!
You don't need to replace the bio balls or the ceramic ones either but definitely he should be replacing that white pad and charcoal too but he also failed to mention you should rinse those bags off for a while in aquarium water because otherwise it'll turn your aquarium water black
I just got the 320 so I haven't had to clean it out yet. Did you drain your tank until the water level was below the intake outtake pipes so that you wouldn't have water spilling all over the place?
Thank you, great video. But that damn red pump or "quick prime button" is a major PITA. Has jammed since we bought ours in 2018 and now it's stuck down. I hate the thing.
Loved your video especially the priming part. I have purchase my C220 in March 2020; right when the Covid-19 pandemic hit all of us. It is now September and unit just stopped working. When I took it apart, I noticed the filter impeller was cracked. I called Marineland and spoke with a technician; he said the crack in the impeller is not normal and could be the culprit. Marineland will send me a replacement part for free as it is still covered under the three-year warranty clause. Has anyone had any encountered a crack filter impeller? Any comments/feedback would be appreciated.
I use this same canister for my red ear slider turtle and it used to work great until recently. I just changed out the water last week and it's all yellow now. What am I doing wrong after having this canister work fine for 3 years? Help!
I have a cooter turtle that was a gift for our 5 year old son, 6 minths ago. Started out the size of a silver dollar and is now the size of a dessert plate, roughly 15x its original size. I upgraded from the 10 gallon tank that came with the turtle, to. 55 gallon tank. I have the 360 model which is made for 100 gallon tanks, due to the amount of waste that turtles create (though I do feed her in a seaparate feeding area). Tomorrow, I tackle my first full water change. I'll report back to let y'all know how it went. Cesar - thank you so much for posting this!
Cleaned filter first time and when restarting filter the water is flowing very slow into the tank. Checked impeller and appears fine. What else could I check. Or should I return the filter?
Pump the red button until the water flows faster out of the filter. I’m guessing you only pumped the red button a couple times I usually do mine around 10 or so times until the water flow is normal. Hope this helps. Let me know if you still need help.
@@CesarCinema After several attempts at everything I could think of to do I lifted the hose assembly out from underneath my filter to the sink to drain and nothing drained.It turns-out that the valve had been plugged up by waste and water couldn't pass through.Cleaned the valve and is working now.Who knew!!!
Depending of how far you are from outside window or door, you could simple use a pump and a long hose to do that, hell you could take that water into a tank outside and use it for farming on the backyard, I did that. Easiest
You are wrong @ 7:27 when you said "it doesnt matter which way they go in as long as they all line up". The handles of each tray has an arrow on it and you need to match that arrow up with the arrow on the top edge of the canister.
Has your c220 ever Leaked or have u had any problems with it because I want to buy one and I want to know first hand if u have ever had any problems with it
I’ve had it for over a year and I have not had any problems with it so far. I love it. I used to have the waterfall one that made all kinds of noise and was embarrassing to look at, now I have a quite filter that doesn’t need cleaning that often. Let me know if you have any more questions
Great content Ceasar, new sub here. I just started a 36 gallon with the C220 filter and it’s putting out trillions of micro bubbles and kind of making the water look cloudy just from the tiny bubbles.. I checked the fittings and couldn’t see where air was getting in, do you have any suggestions? Your water looks great. Thanks!
Thanks for the support Brandon. Is the tubing that pumps the water into the tank completely under water? If it doesn’t go away I would get the smaller 160 canister. The 220 canister might pump to much water into the tank.
Your media is almost completely backwards it starts the filtering process in the bottom and as it rises it should be cleaner and cleaner to the top where the clean water returns to the aquarium. I made these as same mistakes when I started too. Watch pond guru he is an absolute professional he may be selling you a product but knows his stuff my aquariums have never been so clean after I set up my canister the way he showed.
Dude replace the polishing pad. That pad will just be useless because it will release the stuff that got stuck on there. I am right because I have been in the hobby for over 10 years.
Just because you've been in the hobby 10 years doesn't mean you're right I play poker for a living and I've seen guys at play 20 years that don't play correctly but you're right he should have replaced it no reason to put an old dirty nasty polishing pad it's at four months of waste on it back in there just replace it come on man and also you got to rinse those black carbon bags first in the aquarium water otherwise it'll turn your aquarium black
throw the bio balls away they are doing nothing and ceramic rings look hard and glossy not porous they probably are wasting space they should absorb water the more the better.
Hahahahah I've only been doing this a month and I might be actually a little bit ahead of him first of all those carbon bags you must rinse those off in aquarium water just like you would when you're putting one of those charcoal canisters in your refrigerator for your water otherwise it'll be nasty and black in your aquarium and also how is he not replacing that white spawn come on man where are you were using that old dirty rag that'll just clog up your filter and system and the trays do matter which way they go back in there's a little arrow and you have to follow it and lastly you should be cleaning the impeller to once in awhile to make sure there's no crap on it easily pops off underneath the lid and if you do clean your hoses once in awhile it's really hard to get these canisters started when you don't have water in the hose so what I've learned is just fill the canister up with aquarium water and it makes it so much easier to get it primed and started I learned all this from just one cleaning and having a tank for one month I've got my nitrates at 20 my nitrites at 0 my pH is 76 and my temperature is 75 for fancy goldfish and I have more than you should in a 55-gallon tank but with weekly water changes and keeping your filter clean it's doable believe me even though people say you shouldn't
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Dude, thank you SO much for posting this video. I watch it every time I clean my filter. Please don’t ever take this video down! 😁
Haha. Ok I’ll leave it up just for you Shawn
Still watching this two years later. Thank you so much! I have an 80-gallon tank and though it was still a three-hour job for little 'ole me, it would have been a lengthier process had I had to call customer support. You're awesome!
You’re welcome. Thanks for commenting and I’m glad I helped
Great tutorial!! I appreciate it!! I had to clean the 75 gallon fish tank at my office and didn't have a clue how. Your video gave me the confidence and assistance I needed!! Thank you!
Nice. Thank you 🙏🏻
I love that you made this video. I really had no clue how I was going to dismantle mine. I have two because I have a 160 gallon aquarium. This saved me
You are welcome. I’m glad you liked the video!
What kinda fish do you have in your tank?
@@CesarCinema A better question would be "what kind of fish did you have?" Unfortunately, an unforeseen disaster happened to my aquarium. My 160 gallon tank sits on a large stand. So together the height is a little over 6' tall and 5' wide. The aquarium is so heavy and had to be moved by my father and two of my brothers. The aquarium stood against the wall with about 3 inches of space (for wires and filtration accessories, etc). I set up the aquarium with plants, filters, lighting, and the works. After more than two weeks to make sure the bacteria was good, and getting my water tested at Petsmart, I got tetras. I heard they were friendly and I wanted fish that traveled as a school since I have such a large tank. I bought 30 (three different types). I only had them for two weeks when suddenly the aquarium sprung a leak. It didn't take long to discover that the aquarium was leaking, but it took about a minute to discover WHERE the leak was coming from. I had to turn off the filters, the bubbler.. everything that possibly made noise just to hear the source of the leak. It was in the center base of the aquarium. Directly behind the aquarium. My mom and I were the only ones home.... Do you know how heavy a 160 gallon tank (full of water) is?? I had to get inside the aquarium stand and apply pressure to the back of the tank (using the opening) to try and slow the gushing till my father sped home from work. We lost over 30% of the water by the time my father got home. He used a large piece of wood, placed it under the aquarium, and used it as leverage with my mom to move it away from the wall. But nothing he did... nothing from any hardware store, could stop the water. I tried to save all the fish. You can imagine their anxiety levels. They wouldn't even let me catch them. But I managed to. Unfortunately I went on a work related trip the following morning and did not come back for a week. The fish's temporary home did not have the bacteria they needed to survive. I was ignorant of nitrate levels and they all died. I felt so helpless because I did not know initially what was causing it until it was too late. My father had used a water-based sealant from Home Depot to patch up the aquarium. He couldn't do it immediately because the aquarium had to dry out completely. Anyway, I was distraught after all the time and investment I put into everything that I was so afraid to get fish. It's been about five months and I told myself to try again. But thought filters sat under the aquarium full of the same water from that time. So I really needed them cleaned. I had no idea how to do it. So thank you. I'm going to wait a few days and get the water tested again and get more fish. I want to see if I can also get a turtle. Do you think they'd live well with the fish?
Wow 😿. Sorry to hear all of that but I’m glad that you are giving it another shot. I wish I had a tank as big as yours. I don’t think it would be a good idea putting a turtle in your tank because there is a good chance he will eat all the fish. Please let me know how it goes when you get the tank up and running with the new fishes.
@@CesarCinema Well... against my better judgement I gave it another go. I set up the aquarium, filters, bubblers, conditioner, etc and waited over a week before I put my fish. I got a lot of Molly's this time. I have orange pandas, Mickey's, and dalmations. About six days after getting them the aquarium began to leak... this time around the base. I think my father applied new glue over the old and it did not cure properly. So uh... I spent over three hours with my little sister catching 25 fish. I was down to my last fish when I discovered eight baby runts swimming inside. Boy oh boy. I was soaked by the time I got them all. I went to PetSmart the next day, grabbed the only corner aquarium they had (55 gallons) and set it up with a stress relieving product and acclimated the fish slowly. All of them survived.
Thank you for the caution of getting a turtle. Before reading this message I actually was told the same thing by one of the PetSmart employees.
By the way, our aquarium is too massive to move. It apparently needs about six men so it hasn't budged an inch. This is why we grabbed a corner aquarium. It was to locate it in the only available spot in the living room.
Caesar, you are an amazing wealth of knowledge. I was so intimidated to clean this filter, your clear steps made it so easy and successful. Thank you!
Wow, that filter needed a good cleaning. I'm seriously thinking about getting a canister filter like yours. I can see that it does a great job of filtering.
Yes. I 100% recommend it!
D.J. Crigger I love mine. So easy to maintain. Only thing I would’ve done different was clean the canister better and the impeller for the pump. Other than that great job
Plus good size goldfish will pollute a tank real fast
You really went through this well. I am glad you went through each step because I was worried that I would miss something. Great Job!
I am so happy this video is still up. I referred to it because my filter has recently started to leak. The gasket is still very secure and it doesn't look like there are any tears. I'm going to reassemble and see if that remedies the problem. Hopefully it does ♡
Ok. Good luck. Let us know how it goes.
Put plumbers tape and lube gasket with Vaseline every time you do maintenance.
People that sell silicone will tell you that Vaseline will mess up the gasket but aquarium junkies will tell you it's just fine. Also the plumbers tape will go in like garbage but it's only meant to make a tighter seal. It doesn't actually stick like tape. I know this is an Old Post, but a lot of people toss away this canister due to an way fixed leak issue.
OMG thank you for this!!! You saved my sanity and my fish!
No problem
Wonderful video...wondering if there is need for an impeller maintenance? or is the system sealed? thanks for your help.
Caesar thank you for the video. I just bought my Marineland C220 from Amazon a couple of days ago I received it yesterday 9/14/19. Thank you very much you’re the reason I bought it, and I’m very excited and pleased with it. So far so good 😊. Thank you again brother!! Take care and God Bless!!😎😇
No problem I’m I’m glad you liked the video. What kind of fish do you have?
Even if I didn't already see the fish, I would know that there isn't a turtle in that tank... Your filter is so clean!! The tubes are mine are solid gray from turtle muck LoL And I did try cleaning them out with hydrogen peroxide. No change!
I watch this every time I clean my filter. Thank you so much for creating this video!
No problem
Me too. I need to watch it every time!
Lol. Thanks for the views
If it wasn’t for your videos my fish would be in serious trouble ! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Thank you Lisa. You made my day
exactly what i was looking for. thank you sir
Yup. No problem Gilbert and thanks for watching and commenting!
Hows much you pay for the filter and how many weeks need to clean the tank?
How often do I need to replace the white polishing pads, black sponge pads, and carbon bags?
Hi, thank you so much for this video. I just purchased this filter today and I’m really excited to get it going. Can you tell me if you fill the canister up with water before you re-attach the top? Does that help with the priming process? Also as I was connecting the hoses to the top of the intake, I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to push past the threads and then tighten the nuts...I was able to get it up to the threads, the directions weren’t very clear about that. Thanks.
Wonderful step by step tutorial. I just wonder is that sand at the bottom of your tank?
Thanks. No it’s small rocks
If you have trouble with air bubbles in tubes on start up; hold out put in bucket and place bucket below tank bottom glass level for few seconds to fill bucket and release air pockets in hoses.
Just purchased the 360 yesterday, I fell into the whole FX concept 7 months ago, I'm not knocking Fluval by any means, they are awesome for mechanical filtration, but as for Biological.... Was able to place more biological in my new 360, runs awesome and a fraction of the cost....
Nice. Congrats
@@CesarCinema thank you for responding
Holds much more media then my FX4 amd for a fraction of the cost, cheaper to run too, please keep in mind I also run 2 large sponge filters as well.
What kinda fish do you have? 🐠
@@CesarCinema 3 Red Devils, 2 in my 75 gallon and 1 in another. I also have 2 Jack Dempseys and 1 Firemouth, wanting to rehome the Jack's and the other, love my Red Devils....
This was very helpful. Thank You!
You’re welcome
Good video. But what’s with the boring fish tank?
Lol I know. I added plants 🌱
I would’ve got my ass beat if I didn’t find this video 😔 thank you!!
You’re welcome 😊
Lmao, really? 🤔I hope not. Well, if true it is good u found this 😁
How often do you clean the filter ?
I usually wait 3 months or so but you should probably do more like once a month
Cool video. I'm thinking of returning the fluval 407 and getting this...much cheaper and seems like better filtration.
I know this is old but how did you get the outlet and inlet tubes to not drain water while removing the canister from them?
I'll see if I can help I just got one of these and learning myself when you remove them there's a stop the water from flowing out of the tubes and pouring out of it so you just turn the little red thing and lift them off and the water will stay in the tube I did my first major cleaning on mine last night it took me an hour because my tubes were really dirty from somebody else owning it and you can get long scrubbers that are attached to metal that are 5 and 6 ft long on Amazon to clean the tubing the really hard thing sometimes is getting this to Prime I think if you don't clean your tubes and get air in them it's much easier by leaving water in them but I found it once you remove the tubes it's really difficult to get this thing started again so I've learned that you just fill it up with water your aquarium water first then put the lid on it and then it starts up easy
how often do you clean it
Not to often. Once every 3-4 months
@@CesarCinema nice thanks
@@CesarCinema wth , after 3 weeks my tank smelled like a odor from fish , it wasnt necessarily dirty tho but what do you do bout the smell , especially if you only changing for 3 4 months
I clean the water once a month but the filter once every 4 months.
This is the reason I put the polishing pads on the bottom, to keep the media clean so you don't disturb the good bacteria
How long was this between cleaning?
3 months without cleaning the canister. I did 25% water changes once a month.
I say clean it once a month😬...at least every 6 weeks and take a sponge to those trays🤔
Hello Cesar, would you mind to tell me what brand aquarium tank do you have ? I’m buying mine in a couple of days, was thinking glass aquarium 50 gallon. Thanks man !
how often do you clean the canister ? also do you have plants because you using carbine ?
You should clean at least once a month but i usually wait a couple of months. I have fake plants in my tank.
How big is this tank? It looks like 80 gallon for 6 koi fishes. Mine is 70 gallon for 2 Koi fishes. Thinking about buying this filter.
It’s a 55 gallon tank. I really recommend the filter it works great.
Your fish tank looks great. How big is largest koi in your tank? My koi fish is about 4 inches and I hope they are ok to stay in my 70 gallon for a year. Otherwise, I need to get a pond in the future.
I would love to have a pond. The biggest koi is 8 inches long.
What is your canister filter sitting on? Looks like a towel maybe?
Yes. Just a towel.
Mr. Caesar, couple ??'s one: the aqua safe guard do you add half a cap to each bucket you add to the tank? second, did you rinse the canister out before you placed all the clean things back into the canister? if so, did you the tank water? Thanks so much for your in put! I Love my canisters , I have three tanks and use them, I should have been used them from day one! has solved many issues I had...
Hi Deena. Yes I put half a cap into a 5 gallon bucket and let it sit for about a minute, then I pour it into the tank. Yes I rinsed the canister with tank water. Thanks for watching!!
Do you have to clear out the water within the hoses before you disconnect the hoses from the canister?
No you do not. It shouldn’t spill because the end of the valve is closed
@@CesarCinema Thank you for the reply, and thanks for video.
hey man, my filter keeps on making a swishing noise and i think it’s because of the trapped air inside of it, anyway on fixing this? it’s driving me crazy
Easy fix, and yes that is caused by air pockets in your tubes. Quick fix: 1) unplug canister 2) pump red knob with one hand until you see only water in your tubes (or 15 times or so) 3) quickly plugin canister with other hand and stop pumping when the canister turns on. That should do it!
Usually i just tilt my canister back and forth while its running and it will suck out any air bubbles and u will see them shoot out
Cool tip Juan. Thanks for sharing!
Thinking of buying one now . How often do you clean the filter ?
Once every 3 months but some ppl go longer than that.
How often you do water changes? Hard to keep koi in an aquarium?
You should change water at least once a month. It’s not hard at all. I love having koi fish.
Everything you read online and talk to pet stores say they should be only be in ponds
They want them in ponds so they can grow to their full potential. But you can still have a couple in a good size tank.
I had the 360 canister it leaked the first time I opened it to clean it any suggestions
How long did you wait to clean the canister????
3 or 4 months
Thank you so much this helped 100000000% for me you explained everything so well! Thank you
I’m glad you enjoyed it Alysiana
the only thing that you need to replace is the carbon bags not the pads, bio balls and carbon balls?
You don't need to replace the bio balls or the ceramic ones either but definitely he should be replacing that white pad and charcoal too but he also failed to mention you should rinse those bags off for a while in aquarium water because otherwise it'll turn your aquarium water black
A great video i was looking for this exact details you talked about ..
do you think this will work on 120gal tank ?
Thanks. Yes I do.
Yeah you want to get the best one though the Marineland 360 there's a 110 220 and 360. 360 is a beast
Dam I learned something today thanks cesar
Yup. No problem
Thank you so much. I was trying to figure out what to do with the red lever at the top for 2 weeks😂. I'm a little dumb lol
Lol no problem
I just got the 320 so I haven't had to clean it out yet. Did you drain your tank until the water level was below the intake outtake pipes so that you wouldn't have water spilling all over the place?
I only drained 20% of the water in the tank. The tubes have a lock so you don’t have water spilling everywhere just don’t forget to turn off your 320.
Thank you very much for showing this 😎👍
No problem Carlos.
How often do you have to do this?
I do this once every 4 months or so. But water change every month.
Thank you, great video. But that damn red pump or "quick prime button" is a major PITA. Has jammed since we bought ours in 2018 and now it's stuck down. I hate the thing.
I have watched quite a few videos and no one ever cleans the propeller area in the top. Is there a reason for this?
You should clean that once in a while it gets a lot of Gunk on it I did mine last night
Loved your video especially the priming part. I have purchase my C220 in March 2020; right when the Covid-19 pandemic hit all of us. It is now September and unit just stopped working. When I took it apart, I noticed the filter impeller was cracked. I called Marineland and spoke with a technician; he said the crack in the impeller is not normal and could be the culprit. Marineland will send me a replacement part for free as it is still covered under the three-year warranty clause. Has anyone had any encountered a crack filter impeller? Any comments/feedback would be appreciated.
Can you use this filter in a saltwater aquarium?
Thanks man!
No problem
I use this same canister for my red ear slider turtle and it used to work great until recently. I just changed out the water last week and it's all yellow now. What am I doing wrong after having this canister work fine for 3 years? Help!
You might need a new canister. Did you change out all the items inside the canister?
I have a cooter turtle that was a gift for our 5 year old son, 6 minths ago. Started out the size of a silver dollar and is now the size of a dessert plate, roughly 15x its original size. I upgraded from the 10 gallon tank that came with the turtle, to. 55 gallon tank. I have the 360 model which is made for 100 gallon tanks, due to the amount of waste that turtles create (though I do feed her in a seaparate feeding area). Tomorrow, I tackle my first full water change. I'll report back to let y'all know how it went.
Cesar - thank you so much for posting this!
What’s up with not replacing the polishing pad ? Not replacing that is like taking a shower with a raincoat on
Cleaned filter first time and when restarting filter the water is flowing very slow into the tank. Checked impeller and appears fine. What else could I check. Or should I return the filter?
Pump the red button until the water flows faster out of the filter. I’m guessing you only pumped the red button a couple times I usually do mine around 10 or so times until the water flow is normal. Hope this helps. Let me know if you still need help.
@@CesarCinema After several attempts at everything I could think of to do I lifted the hose assembly out from underneath my filter to the sink to drain and nothing drained.It turns-out that the valve had been plugged up by waste and water couldn't pass through.Cleaned the valve and is working now.Who knew!!!
Good to know. Thanks for the update.
Depending of how far you are from outside window or door, you could simple use a pump and a long hose to do that, hell you could take that water into a tank outside and use it for farming on the backyard, I did that. Easiest
Still running?
Sure is
@@CesarCinema had any problems with it?
Nope. It’s legit. Works like a champ
You are wrong @ 7:27 when you said "it doesnt matter which way they go in as long as they all line up". The handles of each tray has an arrow on it and you need to match that arrow up with the arrow on the top edge of the canister.
Omg, thanks so much for this video help me a lot.
Thanks, thanks😀🤘❤
Yup. No problem
You don't use a polishing filter?
Yes I did
@@CesarCinemayeah I think he put the old dirty one back in there it's best to just put a new one in there LOL
Has your c220 ever Leaked or have u had any problems with it because I want to buy one and I want to know first hand if u have ever had any problems with it
I’ve had it for over a year and I have not had any problems with it so far. I love it. I used to have the waterfall one that made all kinds of noise and was embarrassing to look at, now I have a quite filter that doesn’t need cleaning that often. Let me know if you have any more questions
Is it good Quality
Yes it is. I definitely recommend it. I’m not sponsored btw. That’s my honest opinion
Ok thx u so much I might consider getting one now
No prob. You’re welcome
Great content Ceasar, new sub here. I just started a 36 gallon with the C220 filter and it’s putting out trillions of micro bubbles and kind of making the water look cloudy just from the tiny bubbles.. I checked the fittings and couldn’t see where air was getting in, do you have any suggestions? Your water looks great. Thanks!
Thanks for the support Brandon. Is the tubing that pumps the water into the tank completely under water?
If it doesn’t go away I would get the smaller 160 canister. The 220 canister might pump to much water into the tank.
I scored one of these for under $20 brand new
Isn't that tank a bit small for so many koi?
No
From the looks of it, seems pretty overdue
It sure was.
Geez, I noticed that
Your media is almost completely backwards it starts the filtering process in the bottom and as it rises it should be cleaner and cleaner to the top where the clean water returns to the aquarium. I made these as same mistakes when I started too. Watch pond guru he is an absolute professional he may be selling you a product but knows his stuff my aquariums have never been so clean after I set up my canister the way he showed.
What size is your tank??? Can I use this on a 55
Yes you can. Mine is 55 gallons
Pro tip: don't do more than one thing a week. Water change one week , filter a different week.
You did not show how to clean the impeller.!!!
poly fill bro
OMG...this is so dirty ....haha
It sure was
Damn that's about the dirtiest filter I've ever seen.
It sure is. And it proves how great this filter is.
Yes and that's why he should have replaced his white polishing pad you don't want to put a nasty pad back in there like that it might even clog it up
Dude replace the polishing pad. That pad will just be useless because it will release the stuff that got stuck on there. I am right because I have been in the hobby for over 10 years.
Sir yes sir
Just because you've been in the hobby 10 years doesn't mean you're right I play poker for a living and I've seen guys at play 20 years that don't play correctly but you're right he should have replaced it no reason to put an old dirty nasty polishing pad it's at four months of waste on it back in there just replace it come on man and also you got to rinse those black carbon bags first in the aquarium water otherwise it'll turn your aquarium black
throw the bio balls away they are doing nothing and ceramic rings look hard and glossy not porous they probably are wasting space they should absorb water the more the better.
Looks like you need to clean it more often and learn how the flow goes. This is the worst tutorial ever lol
Hahahahah I've only been doing this a month and I might be actually a little bit ahead of him first of all those carbon bags you must rinse those off in aquarium water just like you would when you're putting one of those charcoal canisters in your refrigerator for your water otherwise it'll be nasty and black in your aquarium and also how is he not replacing that white spawn come on man where are you were using that old dirty rag that'll just clog up your filter and system and the trays do matter which way they go back in there's a little arrow and you have to follow it and lastly you should be cleaning the impeller to once in awhile to make sure there's no crap on it easily pops off underneath the lid and if you do clean your hoses once in awhile it's really hard to get these canisters started when you don't have water in the hose so what I've learned is just fill the canister up with aquarium water and it makes it so much easier to get it primed and started I learned all this from just one cleaning and having a tank for one month I've got my nitrates at 20 my nitrites at 0 my pH is 76 and my temperature is 75 for fancy goldfish and I have more than you should in a 55-gallon tank but with weekly water changes and keeping your filter clean it's doable believe me even though people say you shouldn't
How often do you need to clean the filter with this filter becuase I’m thinking about buying one
You should once a month but I don’t always do it on time.
@@CesarCinema ok good to know thanx bro