Ok, I was helping a friend who has a 350g tank and for filtration he has a 40g sump filled with bioballs. The water however is never clear, so he added 2 pumps that take the water from the sump and push them through 2 Sea-clear canisters to clean it, but the pumps failed and i had this idea for him to redo the filtration. What I was thinking was to removed the pumps and have the sump go back into the overflow like it did, and instead add 2 fx5's filled with sponges to clean the water. the reason the pumps failed was because of the tubing getting clogged and there not being enough water coming out of the sump. would 2 fx5's be able to provide crystal clear water and clean out all the junk in the water?
filtration idea for 350g?
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He as 40-50 african cichlids. I can also add things for bio-filtration, but the sump seemed to be working beforehand. The issue is just the mechanical filtration to get the water clear because there are a lot of particles of waste and debris floating and I was wondering if the two FX5's would clean this.
2 fx5's should be fine for a 350 but I would try to use the sump (wet/dry?) for bio and the fx5 for mechanical filtration. Am I correct in assuming that you're talking about a wet/dry filter when you say sump? Something's wrong with the way it's set up. There should be a prefilter or at least a good screen on the intake/overflow, where the water exits the tank. There should also be a filter pad in the drip-tray of your wetdry. Both of those need to be cleaned on a regular basis but if they're clogging too quickly there's either too much food or too many fish in there.
I agree. Go sump all the way! Make the necessary changes to get it fixed and save youself the money on the FX5sTommydeal;2202446; said:
