On the FX6 can I run media in the circles that have the sponges and then use a prefilter on the strainer?
I can send you what I did with my fx4 on my 120 gallon. It’ll be a week before I can get pics cause that’s when I’m going back home. I can try explaining on here and if you’d like pics I’ll definitely get some. So in the bottom space where the water first comes in, there’s a ton of wasted space, here I filled with pre filter media (the Fluval kind but stuff like Eheim mech and others will do), then I kept the sponges on the outsides, then in the first red tray I got this really thin polishing pad that works amazingly and is reusable off amazon, that goes in the red tray first, then a medium pond foam (one of those pads that are wavy on one side, just like the black course sponge that is included), then I put the black sponge on top and it just barely fit. In the compartment right underneath the first red one, I have the media that came with it, wasn’t too bad of quality I’ve seen worse, then in the next red tray is seachem matrix, under that red tray is a bag of carbon. Obviously you’d have one more tray with an fx6 so more bio media can go in there. And of course you could not use carbon and use more bio media. Up to you on that. Mines been running for over s month and crystal clear water. It’s amazing. I can include links to what I bought if you’re interested, and as long as they can be posted on here, everything is on amazon.
