Fluval 07 Filter Cleaning & Maintenance How To | 107 207 307 407 

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I never comment on videos. But you need to know you singlehandedly helped me set up my aquarium canister. I was worried because I never had one before but you made it quick and painless. Keep up the amazing videos👍🏼

Very helpful. You are a great presenter. Very clear & straightforward. No long winded filler waffle.

As someone who's very new to fishkeeping, your videos have been a life saver!! Always have the videos I need!

I am new to fishies and I was quite apprehensive in cleaning my 2 fluval 407 after setting them up 4 months back. I have to admit, after I watched your tutorial it was an absolute breeze, thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much for your amazing videos

This is the best instructional video on RU-vid. Thank you for the information and great camera work.

THANK YOU! I don’t like reading instructions and this canister was a little intimidating. You made it super easy. Just changed it for the first time today and it was no biggie.

The best and clearest explanation how to clean the Fluvel 07. Thank you!

Just did the whole thing, following your instructions. It was painless and quick. Thank you!! ❤️

Exactly the sort of video I needed, clear instructions and no shaky camera. Thanks man.

Excellent explanation but the first step in shutting off the water and disconnecting the tubes from the canister is paramount. All the other videos skipped this part causing many people to incorrectly disconnect the tubes causing a watery mess on the floor. My only constructive criticism is to use standing fresh treated water instead of the dirty debris filled water in your bucket. Thanks again for a well explained video and I am happy to subscribe.

Loved my Eheim for years. Release for the top block with the lines failed, so I bought a Fluval. Very nice and intuitive breakdown just like the Eheim. So far my 407 is great.

One thing worth mentioning is that if your water level is not right for the tank, the filter will not run correctly. I had an inch to low on the water and the filter wouldn't prime properly. This is good to know for cleaning and resetting the filter too. If you siphon too much water and don't replace enough you'll run into that issue. Great video!

No way I could've done this without this video. Thank you so much!!

Youngsters a God sent. I got the pump on your advice and it’s amazing. And this video is as amazing. Thank you 🙏🏻

You're the man! You've helped me with a number of your videos and this was exactly what I needed to know. You basically set it up and cleaned it for me! ;) Thank you!!!!

Thank you so much, you don’t know how much you helped my mom🙏🏾

Saved this and will use when I need to clean my aquarium in the months ahead!

Clear instruction thank you.... Got myself a 307....

Emptying the canister before taking off the head unit is a great tip to prevent spillage . Didn't know you could do that Many thanks!

Thanks! Excellent resource!

Thank you and it is very clear to understand. Do you have a video how to fit it and run it back as it is not easy to start the water flowing. Hope to see your super tips.

Just purchased the 207 and watched your setup video for it aswell so much help very appreciated

Lots if space for more media my friend.)

Thank you so much this was totally helpful! Have a wonderful day!

You seriously helped me so much. My filter was soooo clogged. It had started to become sludge. Thank you Soo much

A thousand thank you's Brother. So easy, NO MESS!!!!

What an absolutely amazing and informative video, 10/10 easy to understand and easy to pay attention too

Thanks! Instructions were great. I followed to a T and made the best banana bread pudding ever! Couldn't have turned out better.

Thank you! You've helped me set it up and now clean it!

Thanks bro, for making the maintenance video.

WOULD RECOMMEND I USED THIS WITH MY FLUVAL 107 YESTERDAY TODAY THE TANK IS CRISTAL CLEAR!

Thank you!!!! Much better than reading instruction manual

Never cleaned one before but this video made it simple as possible really appreciate you❤

very well explained on this filter. i will soon be setting up an aquarium, going natural w/live plants etc. have had fluval filters in past. they are great. going w/this one for a 29 gallon long tank. wish me luck:)

Use this video every time I clean my filter because somehow I always forget step 1....unplugging the filter (water goes everywhere out of the tubs in case you were wondering)

For once a video that straight to the point thank you

Thanks! Just got it cleaned and it's pumping right along!

Great presentation and guide. Thank you!

Thank you. Just did our first ever clean

Only RU-vidr who pointed out the ball inside the tube fitting👍

few comments dude, empty filter water down sink, then use clean water from tank to clean sponges all your doing is adding more poop to your sponges other wise, flow bottom up so replace fine white sponge after black sponge in bottom or use fine filter floss, then put more fine floss in 2nd at the bottom then fill with your bio media all the way to the top that leaves your 3rd tray for more extra bio like siporax [great stuff] then also for any chemo that you may need, you'll have a more efficient filter, personallly i have eheim'''s lol great vid otherwise thumbs up.

I'm looking forward to buy one.

Brilliant video! Really helped me thank you!! 👍🏻

Great breakdown and very informative that k you very much

thanks! great video as we have a 407 to clean, first timers.

Fantastic!!! Ty so much, for when the day comes, I'll know just what to do!!! 😊😊😊

Thanks for this. It was much better than fluvals video...much appreciated.

Very helpful thank you!

Very clear video, thank you - helped a lot. The manual was too wordy.

White floss on top of black sponge in bottom tray and then top 2 trays fill to the top with media.

Extremely helpful, thank you very much

I know this is a few years old but this is so helpful. I kept tryna clean it as usual and for some darn reason when I put it back together it would just spit a bunch of junk back into the aquarium. Turns out a part of it was clogged and I wasn't accessing it properly. Very frustrating process, just did a 50% water change for the discus and now I have to do another 50% water change bc the filter (after I had already taken it apart and rinsed it out) decided it need to spew out a bunch of clogged crap into the aquarium. Putrid, but this video makes me feel better bc I clearly didn't know what the hell I was doing 🤣😆

Extremely helpful video. Thanks for sharing!

Awesome walkthrough thanks!

How often do you clean the filter

Good video! Instead of where you put the filter floss, I put Seachem Purigen.

Thanks for the video man. Glad I didn’t have to read the manual haha

Thank you !

I've just installed mine yesterday after watching your videos which are brilliant! It's currently running along side my old filter. Do you recommend to clean out like this once a month?

THIS HELP ME OUT TO UNDERSTAND A LOT THANKS

I swear I go to this video every single time I clean it lol. It’s not hard but I can’t remember it for some reason.

Awesome video! Thank you! Lol you sound like a tarkov streamer named piranha!

Very good explanation 😊

Thanks for the help!

How often would you recommend doing this maintenance for the 307 series?

Really handy to see this. Thanks

with all those aquariums you should have a one of those cheap plastic sinks with a spray hose nearby you find in a mud room. I wash mine in the kitchen sink or bathtube and use the sprayer, no need for a bucket or towel.

Hello! Thank you! I am new to having fish and this video was very helpful. How often would you recommend cleaning the filter? What are the signs it needs to be cleaned? I have a 55 gal tank, with 1 dinosaur bichir and 5 goldfish, if that helps :) Thanks in advance :)

Hey I have a quick question I have the same filter and I found your video very helpful but what does the carbon do I'm so confused ? Sorry just stared getting in to the hobby and could use a lil help

I liked the video but now my canister will not use electricity and not run what should i do

This was SO helpful

Really good video, thank you. I have lots of small flakes in my tank, looks like fish food flakes, but it isnt. like its snowing a bit, have you got any tips? Tank only been set up a month. fish feeding is once every other day

Is there a reason you don't have support pieces in that DIY tank stand? You got the pieces that set the height, the only thing holding it up is the screws. Great video by the way! Debating on which canister for a 60Breeder, thinking about a 407

You've helped me set up my canister filter and now clean it. You never touched on what happens when you plug it back in and lower the stop. Do you have to prime it again?

I think I'm gonna use that line on someone "run a bottle brush up your tube" 😏

Is there a video on how to reconnect and prime it? Mine is making a lot of.aoind as of air is trapped in it

Thank you for this!!!!❤

That was magic

Great video have just set up the new Fluval 307 this will help me brilliantly to do its first clean ,when you connect it back together do you just press down the red locking lever then press down the grey fully to refill ,how often would you recommend cleaning the filter and does this reduce the amount of water changes you gave to do thanks if anyone can reply

You’re media setup is a lot less than mine, I’ve nearly added the maximum amount of media allotted in the space and for the amount of fish/plants in my 55g. I’ve followed a bi-weekly rinse of everything then added back. Some gets changed every 4 weeks which I’ve split up into a 2 week cycle to limit the amount of media changes at once.

Do you just unplug it for water changes? Or should you empty it too so there is no dirty water being thrown back into the tank?

Thank you I am not a practical person but managed to set up my system FluvalSmart 307 How often do you clean the filter ?

You may need to check some videos on how to set up a canister filter with enough media to have it in the best working effective stat! The way you were/are using it, is not efficient.

So it's safe to assume you haven't had a chance to see ANY of the Pondguru's Pimp My Filter Videos? I'm positive he's viewed your video and was shaking his head in disbelief..

Amazeballs!! Thank you!!

It's funny how willing we are to squeeze about a sponge full of feces and urine with our hands when its just fish hehe.

quick question as I am doing this on my filter this weekend. What did you do with the dirty water you placed in the bucket the water you used to clean the various elements with. My assumption is this was DUMPED away and you did the pump priming to load the cannister with water from the aquarium tank. Is that correct?

Just a quick question, when you put the cannister back together did you use all the same water in the bucket or did you use half that and half tap water...just not explained at all. Could someone clarify for me please as I looking at buying one of these cannisters

Thank you soo much for this. I’ve just done my first water change with this new filter. However, I think I’ve done something wrong somewhere because I don’t see any flow coming from the grey tube???

I'm just setting my new 207 up n I need to know where the green filter part goes please? The phosphate filter...

How often does this need to be done?

What did you do with the water in the bucket do we just get rid of it

I had been using a 307 for about 7 months now.. I found that that red bracket with the blue sponge pre filter is taking up too much space. I rather have more space for the bio media. Now that I'm using a sponge as a pre filter at the in take strainer, the blue sponge is now useless only taking up space.. this 307 is also not as effective as to polish the water as now I'm using another internal filter with polyfill to do the job.. the current space for the bio media is not quite enough as its install in a 65G tank.. I had to find other ways to put in more bio media.. Overall.. 307 is just a little too small for the stated up to 65G tank.. The flow of 1100L/ h is quite alright just it will be perfect if the pre filter area in the cannister can be modified to be use for more bio media.. Thanks.. Like to hear what others think about it!!

I know this is an old video, but what do you do with the carbon bag if you do want to use it again? Just rinse it like everything else or does it need to be replaced?

How often should the fine particle white sponge be changed out? As well as the blue and white and black sponges?

How often should I be doing this?

Great video and very helpful. Do I need to use the pump part when I plug it back in to get the water flowing again?

Fantastic video thanks 😊 👍 I am looking at getting the 207 for my 125ltr tank do you think its better than than 107 for a 125ltr tank?

How often do we need to clean the filters?