DIY AQUARIUM FILTER UPGRADE Marineland Penguin BioWheel 200 *1 of 4 series*

[@justpassingthrough9887]

Love this! I'm always looking for different ways in using something that wasn't specifically designed for my filters to save money as I'm on a fixed income (disability). Thank you for sharing your ideas.

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Oh it’s my pleasure🤙🏽💯🤙🏽

[@brikozak3520]

This is great, thank you! I’ve been searching for ways to remove the activated carbon for my planted aquarium and this is a perfect setup! Thanks for pimping it out for us! 😂❤

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

That’s so awesome I’m glad this helped out🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@MrFatmax68]

My guy the last way nice and everything is simple to explain why 💪🏿

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

🤜🏽💥🤛🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@po.po.poquito]

I just bought a 39g bow front that came with this filter, I appreciate all the information!

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

🤜🏽🤛🏽my pleasure!!!

[@FayCash-hv4ps]

Great idea. One question I have a nano tank that needs a gentle flow. How can I add a sponge to slow down the inflow water? Thanks.

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

You can always add more sponges to reduce the flow or gat a filter with a flow adjuster ♥️🙏🏽🤙🏽💯

[@petroboomn7491]

I'm at a tipping point with the Bio-wheel. In the 2000s I had a small fish room 5 tanks. I was a huge bio-wheel fanboi, had Marineland filters on every tank. They worked great, don't remember the any real issues, the wheels never stopped unless I neglected cleaning for months. In January 2024 I started into the hobby again, started with a 20 gallon and Marineland Penguin Pro-150. Advertised the "in water pump requiring no priming" plus new "additional media basket" all seemed great, except this filter isn't very reliable. It looks and feels high quality, but the motor occasionally has some issues and makes loud noises for several hours. Sometimes it won't start again when plugged in, only solution being smacking the filter several times and plugging in many times hoping it will start. Priming doesn't help. The biowheel stops all the time. Filter is always back spilling water out around the intake tube. Marineland ain't what it once was. Total shame. I might ditch the wheel as you have.

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

🤙🏽🤙🏽💯💯

[@jerrybadalamento5500]

I agree screw the wheels when they stop I put ceramic bio on the top in a bag

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

SEE u already know braddah🤙🏽🐠💯

[@joewindham4027]

I cut the carbon out of the filter and reuse. I tossed the bio wheel and it’s packed like your.

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Your awesome!!! I like your style!🤙🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💯

[@piperquarium4495]

You saved the day again. I'm hooking up a new 40 gallon breeder and had this biowheel200 sitting around and it's missing the wheel. GREAT UPGRADE!!!!

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

PiperQuarium oh braddah perfect Bio Wheel “SHMIO WHEEL” lol

[@keithhoofard5844]

Was curious how this kind of mod would affect flow, but appears to be just fine. I’m done with the factory pads, and wheel that always stops spinning. Ordered up sheets of FilterFirst, carbon Infused Pad and Polishing Pad, and have the Fluval ceramic on-hand.

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Perfect you will love it…. 🤙🏽💯🤙🏽

[@royrodriguez5544]

So bro how much bio media pebbles do u put in the back I mean all the way to the top or half way

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Bio Media as much as u can if you’re talking about prefilter you have to just gauge it you don’t want back flow so you just try to find that sweet spot

[@alberttellez8553]

Awesome video brotha. Im starting back 39 gallon tank and got the same Marineland. Lost my bio wheel and going to do the last set up. Thanks for the tip.

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Right on braddah I’m glad this video inspired you welcome back 🤙🏽🐠🤙🏽

[@mikey2890]

How often do you change the pre-filter?

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Once a week!🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@marshariley1785]

So is bio media different from pre media?

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Totally Bio is usually very Porous so that Beneficial Bacteria can colonize on the surface area🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@BJSal916]

Yo big pimpin!! Funny and informative video brother. Got my 75s moved and running great. So funny when you tossed the penguin filters off the table.. "this is for the people"

[@adamsantos5737]

Exactly the same with my Marineland 350's, love this video.

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@thorbradshaw2637]

Do you think this could reduce nitrates?

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Depends on the bio load of the aquarium but it definitely helps!🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@aquariumhacksbymarcus5653]

the second way is better water flow through the media is what counts over stuffing your filter it's not good slows down water flow and water can go around some media the bio wheel in my opion does work any time water flows through something it will create bacteria whether bio-wheel bio-falls sponge or other media. It is true if bio-wheel stop spinning it will not work as well although it will have some bacteria on the part of the wheel that is not spinning.Great $$$ saving tips!

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

🤙🏽💯🐠

[@deborahrand580]

is the pre filter medium the same as the medium you put in the stocking?

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Yes!

[@deborahrand580]

@@HaYNFishKeeper 😊 thanks

[@RemoteSynergy]

Love your style! Thanks for all the new information especially using the pantyhose as a bag. I've been using Aquaclear filters for a long while and when I first got a Marineland, there was no way I'm throwing away my money for those pre-made filter pads. This is the best DIY I've seen to making a Marineland more sustainable and better on the wallet. Curious question, what is your opinion on the Fluval Aquaclear's?

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

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[@jacobg7966]

Already have a piece of sponge cut for the reservoir but I’m going to add some ceramic rings under it cause i cut it a bit short. Also i might add the fluval biomax rings to replace the bio wheel. Also thinking of adding a piece of plastic mesh (like a strainer) over the intake part of the reservoir and adding fluval prefilter rings. Not sure if these will be necessary since I already have a prefilter on the intake itself. For that I bought the marineland prefilter and cut the top 1/3 off for the mid level intake and put the other piece on the bottom. This is all on the penguin 200. Though a lot of these mods depend on where the water level sits in the reservoir

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Nice set up braddah now that’s a true pimp my filter you be BIG PIMPIN!!🤙🏽💯🤙🏽

[@0_Chan_Dung]

Awesome video...Thanks! What about carbon? Is it not needed to keep water crystal clear and odor-free? Should we put the Fluval pre-filter media inside a bag or stocking for easy removal when cleaning? Keep up your great work and contribution!

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

U can use a bag but won’t be able to fit as much 🤙🏽

[@jerrybadalamento5500]

I never use carbon it's a waist of money and takes the place of sponges ceramic rings or what have you

[@Reactivelight]

What's the difference between the prefilter media and the biofilter media? They look interchangeable. Also, do either one of them *really* work for trapping bulk crud? It's hard to see how. Anywho, your videos are great, and definitely inspirational.

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Yeah the pre filter traps bigger debris while the bio filter media is very pores where beneficial bacterial can colonize 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽thank you for the love and support

[@deantejohnson9358]

Subbed after 3:30 in,cheers and best to ya🙌🏽☀️☯️

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Awesome!! Welcome to the OHANA! Appreciate the love and support! 🤙🏽💯🤜🏽💥🤛🏽

[@ftroner4644]

Brilliant, since watching your vid, I've installed various versions of filtration as you have recommended and had great results. My only issue is the excess water running down the little shoot at the top next to the intake; how do you eliminate that problem, as water comes down before even entering the filter area. Thanks in advance brother.

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Oh yeah that the over flow.. it means you got a little to much filtration maybe ease up on the mechanical like sponges or scrubbies or reduce the amount of poly fill 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@ftroner4644]

@@HaYNFishKeeper Sweet, I will do that, keep up the great hacks. I'm working on using 2 inch black pipe to divert the flow off to sides, rather than have the fish water skiing down the middle. Wish me luck😀

[@adamsantos5737]

Would the same go for the 350 but on both?

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Adam Santos yes sir 🤙🏽🐠🤙🏽

[@delcy28]

What can I do for my small Tetra in tank filter? Great videos brudah! 🤙

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Thanks 🤙🏽🤙🏽 The thing with HOB’s is that you can get super creative depending on how much space I have

[@thag7749]

Great content my brother!

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Much love I appreciate it braddah🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@hodz21fishtanks72]

I agree with you on boo wheel, HOWEVER I do use them filter is new, along with the pad that comes with it. I use polyfil with charcoal on the inside on one side of HOB. The other side polyfil and sponges. Excellent video braddah.

[@aashiqgibbs5136]

Always looking forward to your videos

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Much love thank you!

[@adamsantos5737]

How do you feel about Seachem Matrix compared to Biohome? Although Matrix is much cheaper, as far as longevity is concerned.

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Seachem matrix is good too, I actually love all Seachem products big fan🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@adamsantos5737]

@@HaYNFishKeeper most definitely, at 35 dollars ah bucket it's hard to beat compared to 12 to 18 per kilo.....I believe Amazon has it for 35 for a large bucket...

[@leeleesscales266]

Ah snap... Yassss, gonna have to bust out my huge bio wheel and put her back to work. I hated that thing but.... Gonna try this out and find space for a new tank. 😂😂😁 Thank you!!

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Yeah bio wheel SHMYO WHEEL 🤙🏽🐠🤙🏽😂😂

[@bigrhom55]

Cool idea, I see cleaning it with all those parts/items as a pain tho

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

🤙🏽💎🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@BigBudde]

Sweeeet stuff bro

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

🤙🏽🐠🤙🏽

[@TheTurfDunedain]

One of the 2 filters on my tank is an Emporer 400, which is just double the Penguin. If I did this to mine, would I do both compartments the same? Also, a carbon question: everytime I have not run carbon in my filter, my tank isn't as clear as it is with the carbon. But I probably didn't add enough in it's place. Does the pre-media make up for the carbon? And ngl, I like the sound of my bio wheel, lol. Thanks, man. Another great video.

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Clifford Carpenter the cool thing with customizing your HOB filter is that you can make it however you like, u can do one side like the way I did and maybe make it a little different for the other side like maybe more polyfill to polish your water and make it crystal clear or like u said maybe put some polyfill then some bags of carbon mess with it until u find what works for u 🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@e-manpn1238]

pimpin pimpin! 👍👍good video

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Oh yeah🤙🏽🐠

[@inventoryking]

Biowheel, Shmiowheel LOL!! She knows how to use them! Shes got legs. ZZ Top. Nice upgrades on that pimping HOB!

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

inventoryking I’m telling u Paul people don’t know how big my Genre of Music is lolol I know just enough of every genre lolol🤙🏽🐠🤙🏽

[@hodz21fishtanks72]

I meant Bio wheel ,darn auto correct.

[@BIGRENZO]

So I saw the thumbnail... Let's just say I had a very Hardy laugh 😂😂😂😂

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤣

[@RaulsAquaticsandReptiles]

Got the same filter on my 40 gallon breeder community tank and I also have the filter pimped out just a little different set up with the Bio wheel. 💪🏼💪🏼

[@bryanpena7268]

This is great compared to buying filter cartridges but its doing too much for a cheap filter. Don't get me wrong I love marineland, my old bio wheel 100 is over 8 years old and it functions great. I personally skip on the Pre filter, it works great but filter floss is cheap enough that I dont mind swapping it out or rinsing in tank water every 2 weeks during my tank cleaning. For me I run filter floss and fluval biomax its my favorite ceramic media. If the tank has a bit of odor I run carbon in filter media bags but I try not to because I always have the nylon bags fail and carbon leak all over in the water.

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

U got it B!!! Great job🤙🏽💯🐠

[@jton1]

For the people 🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

🤙🏽💯💯💜

[@steppydaddy972]

Sweet

[@M8TRIX777]

def don't need the biowheel... but it looks so cool to me so I keep it for mostly aesthetics LOL

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Lolol that’s hilarious but I like ur style 🤙🏽🐠🤙🏽

[@adamsantos5737]

Love watching your videos, I also obtained some biohome from Brandon, you help me so much Mel, ty and god bless you..

[@fbasantajr]

2nd setup runs a lot cleaner

[@jennaramirez8157]

Awesome pimping

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Lolol thanks 😂😂🤙🏽

[@TruthAndTattoos]

It's always better to do ur own filtering media but a media bag @ Petco is $2 & Fluval filter sponge is $3, both cheaper than the $7 sponges & $6 panty hose u got tryna save $. And water won't flow well thru panty hose.

[@wilddrew3066]

aqua clear if i had to use a h.o.b.

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Mine too but now it’s the TIDAL!!

[@chicagosveryown7776]

I knew it wouldn’t work because it’s too much media & the water would just bypass the media as it did.I use the cartridge & marineland sells media cartridges for the penguins too that i fill with matrix & biomax.People think that u have too replace the cartridges all the time but u really don’t because u can keep rinsing & reusing it until it falls apart & u have to replace it.

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

It works so good u just gotta make the adjustments on it and it’s fine!! Cartridges are garbage don’t waist your 💰🤙🏽🤙🏽🐠

[@chicagosveryown7776]

@@HaYNFishKeeper they’re really not.I could use a cartridge five & six mouths.The same life expectancy as a sponge

[@privateprivate5302]

So what you're saying is, keep my old filter and pump it out rather than buy a new under stand cannisters. Thanks ..😎👍

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

I’d do both lol🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@williamthomas8135]

You are comparing diy apples to apple sauce. If you are a diy'er, then it makes sense to reuse the blue pads, up to about 3-6 monthse each. As I have been telling my custmomers for 30 years "rinse and reuse the the filter pad until it falls apart". I would say that is the same advice for your pantyhose and hair curlers etc. So that is the comparison. Obviously, the pantyhose have no useful instructions on the box. The "change every 2-4 weeks" does not mean the blue pads are ruined. So please tell people that. the DIYer is a different crowd than "consumers"/ Many people balk when you say "buy a piece of foam and cut it to fit". they have money, they are in a hurry, they aren't biologists or DIYers. They want to name their fish nemo or billy the betta, feed some fancy food for each tyype of fish, and pop in a blue new pad every 2-4 weeks. They know they don't have to...

[@garyroxene]

they are now $20 average ! ! !

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

🤙🏽🤙🏽💯

[@galandonato6731]

The first "pimp" is Pointless. The overflow from the intake reservoir to the filter reservoir is raised therefore the "scrubbies" on the bottom never see dirty water. The second "pimp" was much better.

[@HaYNFishKeeper]

Agree 💯💯💯💯