The water flows bottom to top so all those extra holes are wasted. All you've done there is let the water escape from the media basket before it has gone through all the media, genius level 0
@MikeSmith-ub5xy5 ай бұрын
great ideas ! ... thanks so much for taking the time & effort to record and share cheers
@etcet-Era6 ай бұрын
Ahh, the ol Jedi mind trick. 'Dont subscribe, first and last video'. Well played sir, well played
@Joalse Жыл бұрын
What I’m thinking of doing is cancel the skimmer
@carrera2320 Жыл бұрын
RUINED EVERYTHING BUT MAKING UNESSASERIES HOLES
@dolphinliam8882 жыл бұрын
Sorry to say but the side holes have destroyed the way the filter works. It's one of the best hang on filters if cleaned every week. 10 min easy job. Better to keep one layer of sponge then fill with small diameter bio balls to make an excellent biological filter.
@dolphinliam8882 жыл бұрын
@@Thunderfoil the surface area pressure on the sponge has been decreased. Water is supposed to be forced by pressure through the bottom of the sponge.
@TheExcile0092 жыл бұрын
How hard is it to just take the whole filter off …that just seems like you over thought that one
@Thunderfoil Жыл бұрын
Sorry for the late reply. The cleaning of my filters is just part of my maintenance routine, which includes 65% weekly water changes. I manage to do everything in about 1/2 hour or so. I don't know how you clean your filters, but part of my routine is to make sure you don't kill the beneficial bacteria in the filter media. It works for me.
@Chan-fi9bu2 жыл бұрын
Why don't you build a hof yourself
@kenjiro26762 жыл бұрын
So what are your go-to filters now? I have a 20g long and need a good amount of flow to minimize dead spots. I’m looking at aqua clear 50.
@softaco30882 жыл бұрын
The 110 has cuts in the side already.
@Thunderfoil3 жыл бұрын
I'm no longer going to vouch for this filter. It just doesn't work for me, after using two of them in real-life conditions for 10 months. It has 2 major flaws: 1/ the filter box itself is rather small, as compared to other hanging filters. This means less area to filter and more maintenance to keep up with the filter material in optimal performance. 2/ The motor housing is under the water level, on a separate box. All the water that flows into the filter box itself has to pass first through the motor box. It quickly gets full of detritus and uneaten food. If the accumulation of this is big enough and you have to stop the filter, it sometimes won't turn back on automatically, unless you take the whole filter down and clean up the motor housing, which is a pain. I think I tested these Tidal filters under the worst conditions: with 5 giant fancy goldfish in a 55 gal tank. These guys have the body size of a man's fist, not to mention the fancy tails and they eat like hogs. I feed them twice a day and clean the filters every weekend. All the mods I made have been to make the process easier, but the motor and housing under the water level is a deal breaker for me. Don't get me wrong, these filters might be good for somebody keeping fish with not such a big bio-load, but not for me. I'll be shopping for something else and I'm sure some of the mods I did here can be transfer elsewhere. Hope this helps somebody.
@LitoDequina3 жыл бұрын
Great informative video! Can you list the parts, I want to do this to my tidal too.
@johnmaude50653 жыл бұрын
I don’t understand why you would want to destroy a perfectly good filter????
@Thunderfoil3 жыл бұрын
For the sake of convenience and maintenance. Yes, out of the box it works perfect. Now you need to clean it. How about 2 filters? Filters are only as good as long as the maintenance is kept up with. The same applies to canister filters, wet-dry's, etc. The whole idea is to make the maintenance of these filters less of a chore and a lot easier.
@Thunderfoil3 жыл бұрын
Besides, the filter is not destroyed....just made better.
@JewessChrstnMystic3 жыл бұрын
@@Thunderfoil I'm not understanding, because the maintenance on the filter is easy breezy right out of the box.. from the start, it's honestly the easiest filter I've ever had to clean and take care of.. on the other hand I LOVE what you did with the holes in the filter basket, that was brilliant. To each his own I guess.. what works for one may not work for others and I guess this was just your preference, and if what you did simplifies your cleaning process then more power to ya, that's awesome. I myself already find the filter to be the easiest HOB filter I've ever had. You dont have to remove the filter or take it to the sink very often for cleaning.. not often enough to make a big deal over it at least. Thank you for your video, it was super informative even though I'm happy with mine. This was very creative! God bless and happy fish keeping. ❤
@joec21743 жыл бұрын
The bulkhead fitting is a nice idea. Adding two filter pads will accomplish adding more surface area especially egg crate foam at the bottom first.
@Thunderfoil3 жыл бұрын
I used the most coarse filter pad that I found and they are working great. Just finished doing a 70% water change and cleaning both filters. Takes me around 25 minutes.
@joec21743 жыл бұрын
@@Thunderfoil that’s good to hear . Course pads when sandwiched do a great job of trapping debris and with the least back pressure
@LGPhotoArt3 жыл бұрын
Great ideas mate.
@Matt_44443 жыл бұрын
Great video dude. But at the end of the video, you mentioned you show us your tank, and would show us this 2 filter setup in action! Your video was very informative and showed 3 great ideas, keep it up!
@Thunderfoil3 жыл бұрын
All worked, but I had to unlink the 2 filters and make them work independently. The flow of water is better from independent hoses to an exhaust point or bucket. Filtration is excellent. I can do complete filter cleanings weekly and my giant dirty goldfish are happy. I live in an apartment and I had to invent something to make my life easier for weekly 60% water changes without drilling holes etc. Stay tuned....I hope to make another video soon that will incorporate my full system....poorman's options...LOL
@Thunderfoil4 жыл бұрын
Just a one month update, using 2 filters, connected in line. Yes, they work great. I am able to do a full clean-up of both filters using one single hose. So far, maintenance have been cut to about 15 minutes, with full clean up of both filters and all dumped in a 5 gallon bucket. If you only have one single filter, well that should be so much easier. Cheers!