Fx5 vs fx6
- Thread starter chefwill
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Thanks for the tip, it cleared up my water really quick it was brown from the new driftwood, I boiled the wood for hours but apparently not long enough, turned my tank brown, but the fx5 cleqred it up in no time
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i love my fx5. i think other than the power usage, the fx6 goes through an air purge cycle every 12 hours vs the fx5 goes through one every 24 hours. ive heard several times from people that they are a pain to clean. i have no idea what they are talking about. i can clean mine in less than 30 mins.
yeah the fluval ribbed hose is a pain, whenever I clean my 405's I have to deal with it. I am real reluctant to touch the hoses for fear of leaks etc. If I was doing it again, I'd look into a regular non ribbed hose to replace it. Messing with probiotics now in the hopes that it will reduce the amount of solid waste accumulated in the fluval ribbed hose.
I feel the same way about cleaning them, very easy. Ya a little heavy but not bad.
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if you wanted to get around tht you could use the purge valve on the bottom to at least get most of the water out of it. i usually dont bother though. also i have ofund if you shut the intake valve, then the output valve, then unplug it, no water comes out of the hoses when you disconnect them. just make sure you do it quick so you dont damage the pump. i dont think that it would simply because the pump it in the bbottom of the canister vs the top so it in theory should not get starved of water unless it was completly empty. but better safe than sorry.
