I love the water coming out when you pulled the hose! I laughed so hard cause it reminded me that I am not the only one that has gotten blasted with fish tank water! lol
Thank you so much Dan😂🙏 Just what I needed! To be even more nervous installing my new Fx6. I don't have a fish room, and can't take a shower in the living room. At least I learned that I need to buy silicon grease.
Lol! Turn off in the inlet valve, and then take the inlet valve off while the filter is still running! Leave it running for a few seconds, this will drain some of the water for you because it's still pumping out of the canister and into the tank. Then turn off the outlet valve, then turn off the filter, then remove the outlet valve, no more big spills :)
I had a high pitched whining noise coming from my daughter's brand new Polar Aurora 525 gallon canister filter after setup after a few hours. Shaking and tipping it (releasing air) would fix it for an hour then the high pitched whining noise would return. Turns out the outflow nozzle tube was too restrictive and causing back-pressure on the pump. Drilling out the holes to a larger size (increasing flow) eliminated the noise permanently.
The hood filter water pump thing that came with my secondhand aquarium is really noisy, a grinding kind of sound. I don't mind white noise at all, but geez, is that an unpleasant sound. Must be the motor.
I think you are right! I only clean that filter every 1-2 times a year, so I forget details like that between cleanings...but boy do I remember when I do it wrong and get a face full of water!
