Setting up/ How to Seachem Tidal 75 Aquarium Filter

[@christopherweddle4189]

KISS! Love the simplicity! Come to Kentucky

[@SkullAquatics]

Your fish room is still awesome 👍👍👍

[@Jeffdoeswhat]

Thanks. I’m just ready for them big tanks up and running. Keep running into supply issues.

[@rootsnwhiskers8351]

Great unboxing and explanation on how to put it all together 🙂

[@Jeffdoeswhat]

Thanks

[@AAE-cg1il]

I have a 46 gallon bowfront that is overloaded with cichlids. I’m using the Tidal 110 to keep up with them. It’s working…..did the same thing and loaded it to the hilt with biomedia. Those fish are looking good and healthy….

[@Jeffdoeswhat]

The tidal 110 is still my favorite hang on back filter. The motor on them is definitely stronger than most.

[@pelhamsaquatics]

Thank you friend🙂👍🏻⭐️

[@Jeffdoeswhat]

I subbed to your channel as well.

[@pelhamsaquatics]

Texas Fish Room yes sir I appreciate that, thank you !⭐️

[@solveetcoagula1891]

Looks dang good brother

[@Jeffdoeswhat]

Thanks

[@DeFreeseAquariums]

Great video, I picked up one for 20 bucks. I'm swapping out my AC110 as the motor stops at random and Fluval wants me to cut the cord and send them a picture and they will send me a replacement. So no filter until I get it. That's a hard no. So I'm going to some mods to the Tidal and use that instead.

[@Jeffdoeswhat]

Definitely like the tidal better. I hate the rattling lid on the aquaclear.

[@zad1262]

TIDAL Filters: Not really as good for these reasons: BYPASS: The Tidal (at least with the T-75) bypass is horrendous. Water flows out, from the two huge openings at the front of the basket. Even with just the blue sponge in, it doesnt take long for bypass to begin from the back of the basket also. The "full" indicator pops up very soon after the filter is turned on with only the blue sponge in. Any more media in the basket and bypass seems to increase even more so. With a new blue sponge and some Seachem matrix, water was flowing out from the front and back of the basket. This can be mitigated by turning the flow down, but in that case get one size bigger on these Tidals than you thought you needed. FILTRATION AREA: For the Tidal-75, given the design of the basket, the filter area is about the same, or perhaps a bit less than the Aquaclear-70. Lesser area means lesser filtration, and more bypass in the Tidal's design. Also lesser area = faster clogging. VIBRATION: The motor in the tank seems to increase vibrations to the level that placing my palm against the front of the aquarium feels the vibrations. In comparison the AC-70 feels a lot less vibration. I understand that this is not a scientific measurement, but the difference is clearly there. Its the contruction of the filter body that just vibrates. NOISE: There is a low frequency, rather loud hum that happens because of the filter body vibrating. I tried two units, and the second one was louder than the first. I even used some silicone grease on the impeller shaft to try and lessen it. Even after a few days of use, the low frequency hum was still there. In fairness there is a hum from the AC-70 also, but its not an annoying low frequency and neither as loud as the T-75 SELF-STARTING: Yes, it self starts, which is a good thing, but how much work is it to prime something like an AC anyways. After a few days the gunk in the Tidal motor housing will build up as has been said by many, and one has to remove the entire filter unit to get to the motor to clean it. POWER-OUT: The Tidal will self start if the level of water in your tank covers at least the surface skimmer slots partially (the motor seems to sit around halfway below of the surface skimmer slots). Aquaclears would suffer in this case, that is, if you keep the water level lower than where the motor on the AC is at. If you keep it above where the intake tube feeds the impeller, this should not be a problem since air cannot enter the intake tube in that case. SURFACE SKIMMER: It keeps the surface clean, but it cannot be turned off, and even with a sponge that I taped to its front, a couple of snails needed help to get off it. The pull is rather strong. However, this is easily solved using a piece of plastic that blocks off the flow from it. Same with the intake at the bottom of the motor housing, which seems to be less strong than the surface skimmer.

[@momoLLC]

Can we just not use the basket? Feel like it will help with the bypassing issue

[@Jeffdoeswhat]

You don’t need to use the basket. It just makes for easier clean up so you don’t have to remove the whole filer when you clean the filter pads

[@lionroaring7021]

Heater clip connect?

[@Jeffdoeswhat]

My Heater didn't work with the clip connect. It was too big of a heater.

[@Igor-q3f]

4:20 most of the water is bypassing

[@Jeffdoeswhat]

I did end up changing some of the media i had in there. I now have 4 of them filters running in my Fishroom.