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I feel like the only people who gave you a thumbs down are people who don't have the attention span to sit through a 19 minute video. Love your content, sir! Was on the fence about Sunsun filters. You have converted me.

Great tips! #6 is an especially good one, as that gets overlooked so often when people clean their filters. Thanks for sharing!

Ben ochart is arguably one of the best, if not, the best fish keeper on KZfaq. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise with the rest of us

Thank you for these tips!

Hiya Ben! Gotta luv the best tips segments. I hope there's more segments following! There's always valuable information that someone will find that will save their fish! And that Salsa music intro is the best!! Wepaa!!

Live stream was great Ben thank you for informing us and all the knowledge, I see you’re back to 10 tips lol, and the salsa, great stuff

Once again. Awesome video. I would just add one more for new fish keepers. #11. When buying a filter cut the numbers in half that are on the box. If its says it's for a 100 gallon tank then it's good for a 50 gallon. If it says 100 gph then it actually moves 50 gph. Keep the great vids rolling Ben.

I love the filtration videos.

Thanks for this great shortcut

Great vid. Clear. Concise. Thorough. Great job. 😊

Great advice for sure. Thanks Mr Ben!

Hi Ben, unfortunately I work every Saturday since I'm in the retail industry but I've started to take my lunch break at 1pm est to at least catch the first 30 min of your livestreams. You are always a wealth of knowledge.

Awesome video very informative!!!

amazing tips and advance warnings,, thanks

New subscriber This is the video I’ve watched from you I knew most of this but I always freshen up on my knowledge💯🐠❤️🔥

Really living those electric blue Haplochromis!!!!

Keep up the awesome video's and loving the shirt. Have you seen the new marineland pro filters coming out?

Thanks again!

Nice information make most of my own filters

Thanks 👍

Thank you so much for all the info! I'm about 6 months into the hobby. 75 gallon tank. Lake Malawi Chiclids. I have gained a plethora of knowledge from your videos. Just subbed.

Thank you very much. As a novice, I appreciate these tip! Jim

I have been following your channel for months now. Your Haps are getting huge, especially love the eye biter (he owns the right side of the tank)!!! They look great. Excellent summary. On my 120g with two FX6s, I point the output in opposite direction, one towards the surface and the other the mid/bottom. I also added a hang on the back (tidal 110) for water polishing (Carbon, Puregen, fine pads) and waterfall effect. Overkill filtering to the max...LOL. Overstocked, combination of Peacocks, mbunas (always breeding), Thropheous, clown loaches, dinos and Monos all doing great with crystal clear water. PS: I was thinking of going with huge prefilters for the FX6 but have to much Hardscape to make that practical in the tank and it would be bulky in-line. For my "next" tank I will plan better...lol. If (when) I go with a sump, I may try to use an unpowered FX6 as a prefilter (in-line) for the sump. Do you think that is possible?

Hey Ben...Sorry that I haven't been able to watch the livestreams lately...but I am hoping my Saturdays will free up by the end of the month so that I can join them! Ben, great points on filtration...you should look into those 50 micron filter rolls. I used to use them in my Sunsuns and they worked great.

I find using a whole House Replacement Filter on the intake of my Fluval, filters out a tremendous amount. Fits perfectly on the end of the hose where the strainer is. $8.00 on Amazon. Will filter 10,000-20,000 gal before replacement.

Thanks for this! Maybe more videos about sumps 🤞yaaaay!

I loved your live stream

Hi ben.. I choose 20 gallon overflow under sump to my 65 gallon tank as my filtration over canister because in my place sump is more cheaper than cannister including the power consumption. .what can you say about my set up since you told in your other blog that you prefer cannister filter over undersump in a tank under 100 gallon?

How do you get your output pieces pointed up to break surface tension? Is this a special piece I need to order? Mine is not adjustable this way. I use the Aquatop CF400-uv which I guess is the same as sun-sun. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

What I've learned on your channel You put your filter in. You take detritus out. You put a powerhead in. And shake the water all about. You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around. That what it's all about.

Great video! Thanks for the tips. I believe you skipped tip no.8 :)

Even with the glitch live stream was great 👍

I bought a second canister filter for my aquarium. What would be the best way to set up the intakes and outputs of both canisters? What configuration would be most effective? It is an Mbuna tank with 90 pounds of rocks that run the length of the tank about a foot high. It looks like the FX6 has a larger input than the one on the Fluval 406. First, since there is more of an open area in the rocks (where you can see well through the rocks) closer to the center (about one-third the length of the tank), would it make sense to put the largest input there in order to pull the most volume of water through one side of the tank to the other (depth of tank) and the smaller input further to the outside of the tank where the area it is a little more obstructed? Second, the output on the FX6 is quite a bit larger than the one on the 406. Since it will have the greatest amount of flow, would it be best to locate that output closer to the outside wall of the tank and the smaller output inside of that or the other way around?

I love your show I think you do a great job informing us peoples just getting into the Hobby. I’ve got an off topic question about a fish and what you think I just bought a sulfur head peacock what do you think of them I love the yellow stripe going down his entire back thanks and take care

We need a detailed update of all the fish and tanks! And future ideas! :-)

I like using an undergravel filter as a pre-filter for my canister.

Ben I am new to cichlids and bought some at walmart. Can you help identifying them?

Sorted

Ok Ben, keep up the good work and stay fishy.

I have a sunsun, how does the water go to the bottom first?

I have 125 Ben with fx6 and large sponge filter and I order that epertmatic u put ur tank wat size or kind do u suggest hang on back for back up i love here from u

Love your fake plants. Just visited elite cichlids online. Needless to say, I am now $80 lighter. Great videos and advice. I wait for the notifications bell to come again.

The small grass area on the left.............. is that from elite cichlids or did you take apart one of their plant pieces? I have some of their plants, but would like some small just above the sands grass look !! Thanks for the vids

Have you ever heard of an AquaPet Canister filter?? I have one from a long time ago. Just found it getting ready to set up my 29 gallon tank.

Hi Ben. Happy New Year from the UK! i'm setting up a new 65gallon tank and would like to use biohome ultra filter media. If I use purigen or a similar chemical media as well, will this affect the nitrogen uptake cycle? The purigen would be placed at the very end of my filter. Any advice you have would be much appreciated.

Hi Ben, the egg crate sponge is great idea! Iam using biohome media for biological filtration and i have no chemical media. Should i place egg crate after biohome or before biohome? Thanks!

When it comes to cleaning up the media that houses the biological filtration, what is your opinion on rinsing it off with well water? Thank you, love your videos!

Great Video Mr Ben Sorry I missed your Livestream.. Filtration is one of my favorite things to do in the Hobby.... I have a Question Do you know of a Intake sponge cover... So Let's say bigger fish or Turtles won't tear apart and eat intake sponge... I know Eheim Makes one But looking for one's that will fit Different Filters like Fluval, SunSun or Cascade... & Thank you for your time... 👍👍👍🐟🐠🐡🦈

Say where do you get the egg crate sponges and is it something that isn't specifically labeled for aquariums?

I was wondering I have a 29 gallon with a hob filter and when I do water changes do I fill the the filter back up with water from my python? Because if I don’t the pump runs for ever to fill filter back up. Don’t want to burn the filter up. Thanks

There is one thing that many don't take into account with flow rates on the pumps in filters and that is "head pressure". Which is how high it has to pump the water to get it back to the tank. Most of the time they just give the flow rate at a head pressure of 0 feet and most likely with no media in the filter as well. It would be most helpful if the manufacturers would at least provide a flow curve(GPH versus head height) on the outside of the box to give us a better idea of how much water it would pump for an aquarists setup. These are curves because this is not a simple linear relationship.

I will never understand people with big tanks using canisters and not sumps. Once I set up my first sump I converted all my tanks to sumps. Way easier to maintain , your tank isn’t cluttered with equipment, much more room for mechanical, biological, chemical filtration and a whole lot less time consuming as far as maintenance . My water parameters have never been better and I spend more time enjoying my tanks then working on them.

Ben I have to use a sponge filter do you have any tips , For using sponge filter ??????

Hello Ben 😊 Do you have a discount code for Elite Cichlids? I'm ready to order some plants. Thanks for all your work you do. Michael

Hello from the UK. I have a freshwater community tank with fish and shrimp. All good and ammonia cycling quickly. Then for some reason the cycle crashed and it is now behaving like no bacteria at all so using high dose prime in the water or ammolock and purigen in the filter with daily water changes. Any clue why it crashed? And idea how to restart the cycle? I’m pouring in 3 different types of bacteria (no used filter material available to me) but still no nitrates or nitrates. Help!

i have the marineland 400 HOB and i am not sure of direction flow id like to apply the #2 tip and i am unsure of order of sponges media and pinky floss?

Hey my friend I need ur help.. Please tell me recently itch came in my tank I removed it by Water changes and by heat treatment.but My one 6" borlyei hap has both eyes infection coz of that he getting slow and other fishes bulling him and other are attacked on him .i didn't take risk to remove him out of tank coz in that condition he can't bear stressed feeling but he wants to rest somewhere in tank but I've mixed Malawi tank other fishes are not accepting him to their places so I tricked for him I made cage for him that's why he getting rest and turn on heater to 30 degrees itch rid and some salt putting in my tank I want ask you how much time he'll take to recover... And doing 20% waterchanes is better for him I appreciate my hap coz he fighting for being better plaese tell me eye infection and little bit White part of body how much time ll take to recove and when I sepearte him with cage other cichlids can't reach him he getting relaxed. And damaged part of my fish looking like cotton I gues that damaged by other fish getting cure what is sign of that and what should I do for him.....and how much time will take to perfectly recovery. Please your advice is valuable for me thanks.....

Hi Ben! I’m in Winnetka, ca. I would love to check out your setups personally! Let me know if that’s possible!

Sump is the best

I believe that the Fluval 206,306,406 water flows like your Sussun from the bottom up

Where do you purchase your egg crate sponges

Ssh their a secret 4 my kids n u cant take the credit🤣

Have you ever used coffee filters in a canister ??🤔

If youvwant to succeed on the hobby You should learn about sumps

I've never cared for canister filters. Call me old school but I prefer undergravel filters in conjunction with powerhead filters. In my opinion, undergravel filters really help maintain consistency in water parameters as well as reducing maintenance.

I need a filter for my 55gal wich one

Do people really watch this and not know what this guy is talking about? Wow