thank u all i have in hand 3 emperor 400's and a emp 300 and a sponge filter rated for 100 gph but but i am putting this fish tank i my bedroom room and since my room is'nt that big but small i try to conserve as much space as possible and with this new tank im getting its 18 inches wide i could buy a 24 inch wide 180 g tank but i really need to conserve space so a emperor 400 is pushing me 5 inches from the wall so im getting the fluval fx5 to conserve some space but how far will my tank be from the wall if i use a fluval fx5 my thought was my tank would be an inch from the wall since i will only be running a tube plz confirm me on these thoughts
1 FX5 for 150 gallon
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east_bay;4783524; said:
thats what i have on my 150, no problems and clear. i added a good size power head to stir up dead spots an push most poop and wasted food to one side where i put the intake to fx5. as long as u are doing water changes u should be good, i do 1 or 2 a week at 20% and my 150 only has a fx5 an a emp 400
but if i use an fx5 and fluval 405 the tube are small so my tank would only be 1 inch from the wall instead 0f 5 inches with the 400
Set the tank up for the FX5, don't worry about HOBs or additional canisters. Unless you are planning on having more fish than water in the tank, an FX5 is more filtration than you need. You can easily add sponge filters or an additional cannister for redundancy later. People that talk about having three FX5s and a pair of AC110s filtering their 75G are the cancer that is killing monster fish keeping - it is totally unnecessary.
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I have 1 FX5 and a sump on my 150 and I have allot more fish than you and my water is 100%.1 FX5 will be enough just add a power head to get the dirt up off the bottom.
east_bay;4786801; said:
The FX5 with a Korilia powerhead to keep the Debris in the water column and the apropriate water changes will be fine.
As others have said, people overdue filtration in this hobby, BIG TIME!
Although tyou have a somewhat "dirty" group, your tank will not be overstocked as a lot of African Cichlid Enthusiasts tanks are, which need overfiltration, you will be fine..... Good Luck and can't wait to see the pics!
Burto is right, one FX5 should be plenty. I have a 220 with a bunch of big monster fish (aros, cks, lungfish, gar, etc). have two FX5s on it. One time, while cleaning, I left the valves closed on one of the filters. Fortunately the chip in the FX5 pump shut it off so it didn't burn out. I didn't notice for several weeks that the tank was only running on one, but the water was as clear as always.
I also have a 125 cichlid tank that runs off one FX5.
