Fluval canister filter question.

[FishSupreme]

There's a red lever on the filter that helps lock it into place. The lever is slotting into place fine but it can now move fully up and down and feels a little looser when doing it. I just get the feeling it never did that before, and I'd rather ask a dumb question then flood my home. Btw the filter still works and the lever isn't fully loose. I hope I'm just paranoid.
btw this is not my picture. It was posted by leftswerve.

 

[Littlebudda]

That lever unlocks the hoses so you can remove the canister for cleaning. Pulling it down will lock it in and allow water flow pulling up shuts off flow and allows the removal of tubes once locked down it will b fine and won’t leak as it pushes the rubber washers down to seal, if you are worried about a tight seal you can buy some aquarium gasket/seal lube which will seal it a bit tighter it is good to use every 6m ones or so to help keep rubber in good condition

 

[FishSupreme]

Dang that was fast. Thanks for the info! My filter leaked once but I had it placed in a bucket so things were fine. Since that day, I've always been paranoid, so thanks for the quick reply to calm my nerves.

 

[Littlebudda]

Fluval are really good filters I have tried a few other types but always go back and have decided that fluval are the way for me, I’m running the fx6 on my big tank and seriously is the best investment I’ve ever made