110 gal Native setup with FX5

[Elohssa6]

I just bought a NIB Fluval FX5 on eBay for 199 shipped (GOOD DEAL?)


I'm pretty sure it doesn't come with any filter media.....

I am going to run it on my new 110gal Native Tank where I will house some local species: (Crappie, Sunfish, LMB maybe, pickerel)


What filter media setup would you use??

I'm new to canister filters so details are important.....Thanks

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

good deal, i did the same. get that filter through patsmart or a similar company and it would cost you $300 plus. i am running one on my 125g useing prefilter in the top basket and rest with biomax. not gonna be cheap to get it all but biomax works really well.

 

[hybridtheoryd16]

If you have a substrate in your tank like gravel. That will hold a good amount of bio-bacteria as well. So you would not have to depend on the fx5 for all the bio-filtration. If this is the case then i would do the top tray in a filter pad or floss and then maybe a fine filter pad next followed by as many pot scrubbies as you can fit in there. --------there is a sticky on filter media's at the top of the page.

 

[MurderedOut]

it comes with the mechanical pads but no bio. i run the top basket full of fluval prefilter, the rest fluval biomax

 

[mriversinco]

really good deal. Make sure you read the sticky above about bio media