Dear forumers,
I had purchased the abovementioned external filter for my new tank last week. When I opened the box, i found that the manual is all in Chinese! I do not speak or read Chinese so I do not really know how to set up the filter.
Any bros here have any experience or own the same filter? Is there any important thing that I need to know regarding the set up and start up of the filter and its intricacies; for example," Is it self priming?"From the website, it claims to be very easy to set up.
If anyone has the manual translated in English that would be fantastic!
Hope some forumers here can help. Thanks!
I do not own an Atman DF 1300 External Filter. But i have a Atman CF-600 filter. I believe most filter should be work about the same. And yes, my manual was also in chinese. Just look at the diagrams and follow. If you have set up 1 filter before, you should not have problem setting up another one. Allign the taps to the right inlet and outlet, Allign the water flow inside the filter itself, pump water into the filter and plug in the electricity. Thats the general things that i do
Hi sianxz, thanks for your reply. I was asking as I have never set up a filter before, I really am a noob =) I will follow the pix but they only tell you so much. May I ask how do you prime the filter?
I do not know if you have this function. There's something like a button for your to press. You need some force to press it down so as to created pressure hence making water flow from your tank into you canister. This step do not require you to plug in electricity yet. Once it is filled, keep pressing the button until you see water coming out from your outlet and going into your tank. This would mean your canister is filled with water and ready to be used.
Now pluging the electricity and it should work. Your tank have to be higher than your canister for this to work.
Hi bro,Originally Posted by Clausura
For DF 1300, there is a round protruding button at the top cover of canister. Just push that several times till the canister is filled with water including the pipings. You should eventually see water pushed out from the rainbar/outflow each time you press down the prime button with your palm. Once that is seen, connect to electricity and it should work. If needed, another few press of prime button should complete the job.
Note that it may take awhile filling the canister with water through prime button. Alternatively, i speed up the process by filling my DF1000 canister with aged water before priming
After setting up the canister and its running. You may or may not hear some water sounds from your canister. This usually happens in new canister as there's air trapped in your canister. What you can do is to shake/tilt the canister a little for the trapped air to escape or you can just let it run for few days for the trapped air to eventually escape by themselves.
Thank you bros for sharing! =)
Hi All, I have been using the DF1000 for a couple of months and just now the electric power in my house got kicked off for 5-10 seconds and back on. I noticed the water from the filter is almost not moving after the power is on, I can feel the motor is spinning but just the water flow is almost dead!! I power off the filter and primed for a while, noticed the water in and out then I switched on the filter - nothing happened, still had no water flow as before the incident. I am a little surprised when I read Tony's post above that he could actually filled his df1000 canister with water then primed to work... besides unplug everything and empty out the canister to set it up running again (this is just a pain in the butt), is there any other ways you guys could suggest? Have you guys experienced the same? I wonder if I missed anything here. Thank you very much for any input!!
Once the canister and pipings are filled with water i.e. if prime and water flows out of the canister, you would have forced out all the trap air and the canister should be able to work smoothly. If you are sure that the motor is working, try to prime while the motor is on to see if the little push will help to clear anything choking the shaft. Else, you may need to check if the blade/shaft inside the motor has dropped out or broke.
Thanks for your response Tony. Nothing is broken, I also tried priming while the motor was on... it did not help. I had to break down the canister, empty out the water then reconnected everything, then primed, water sucked from the tank then filled up the canister, I waited till the output tube came out water then kicked start the power, then it would work. I have no clue why if I filled the canister with water first then started the power with priming would not work - this is really a pain as if incase the power is off even for 5 seconds I would have to breakdown the system and re-setup everything again. This is making me believe that the siphon effect is the strongest when the canister is empty at the beginning; it would not create the effect if you filled the canister first. Now I am looking into some double tap valve for this model, IMO all canister should equip those, water would split everywhere otherwise. This is my first canister, this df1000 works very well so far just except my situation above or at clean up.
Hi yasaki,
I'm glad your canister is working again. Rightfully, if you lift up the lever between the in and out flow pipe, you would have achieved the same effect of ehiem double tap as it would shut the water inside the hose leading to inlet and outlet. By lifting the lever you effective would have shut the valve and allow you to dislodge the pipings and let you shift the canister to the toilet for cleaning. There will be minor spills similar to using doublt taps but nothing like heavy water spills as described in your post
Hello Tony, thanks!! I never realized this!! I was afraid water would flush out from around the lever if I lifted it... I agreed this would be the same as the double tap if would really shut the hose. I hope I remembered this next time when I clean
Sorry to dig out this thread again and I am also using the DF1300 for my 322 tank, however, I feel that it is not strong enough for my tank as
the water circulation seems like stagnant at the other side and bga is spreading like wild fire. Currently I am using the rainbar whereby I position it in the centre of the my tank (lenght) and the outflow of water is rather weak.
I tried connecting to a surface skimmer few days ago and it didnt work as the filter is unable to suck the water from the top part and even cause my filter to stop functioning and I have to keep on pressing the button so many times to let it run again.
I am considering to get an extra Hang On Filter and wonder if it is suitable or it will affect the co2 in the tank. My main purpose is to add extra filtration plus water flow/circulation so please give me some advice and suggestion, thanks alot.
Hi BlessChwee,
Correct me if I am wrong, but it sounds to me you did not actually get the df1300 to work yet - that happened to me at the beginning (I was new or maybe am still new). Just that I saw water flowing out but very very weak - there was no siphon effect. But after a few times of trials, I realized I needed to empty my canister, primed, when I saw water (not air) coming out from the outlet, wait for 2-3 seconds then power on the unit along with a few more priming, then water flow would go very strong.
My unit is the df1000 should work the same as your 1300, I never bothered using the rainbar, without it, it create pretty good circulation. I have an extra water flow motor to assist with it, not attached, but individually, I feel pretty OKAY on my 55 gallons. In my opinion, the df1300 on your 322 gallons is absolutely not enough. Tank that big would usually comes with built-in filtration.
As for co2 concern, as long as your skimmer or your outlet pipe installed not very close to the water surface, it would not bother much. IMO, if you inject co2 in a tank your size, cause to loss on co2 is not worth a concern.
Your DF1300 in a 3x2x2 ft tank has flow that is so weak that a surface skimmer can't function? Sounds more like a very dirty and choked canister that needs a good cleaning or the quick dislodge level is jammed half way? I assume your in and out flow is connected correctly (not reversed) and the skimmer is tuned half? This a new unit or an old one?
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