AquaClear filter won't start

I sincerely feel like the biggest idiot. I got a new filter, the
AquaClear 200, for my 10 gallon freshwater tank; it won't start
pumping water through. I followed the directions, nothing; I bent my
arms in all weird directions to get the air out of the tube and the
tube then inserted into the intake side of the part of the filter that
hangs out the back of the tank; all that did was suck all the water
out of the filter back into the tank! I filled enough water into the
tank so that I almost overfilled the tank, thinking that maybe that
would start the water flowing. The little engine that (I assume) runs
the filter is warm, it must be doing *something*, but it is totally
quiet.

What am I doing wrong? I checked out the websites in the FAQs, but
they dont' go into troubleshooting (or filters for dummies, which I
must need).

Sorry if you guys get this all the time...

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