FLUVAL FX5 Help!!!
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Nic;2795495; said:
wow u replied so fast!
do u think u could show me a picture of what ur talking about, i would really appreciate it. thanks
i have fine gravel with a fx5 . sucks a fair bit of gravel up but it doesnt seem to cause a problem. ive allways had some gravel/sand in the filters when i change them but it just sits at the bottom of the filter. never been a problem and ive had some other filters for years. . the intakes end about 4 / 5 inches above the gravel / sand but the fish kick it up to the intakes. i think i would be more concerned with blocking the intake / outlet of the filter with the gravel / sand building up in any loops you might have instead of having straight pipe work but as long as the flow is good that shouldnt happen . i have a dip in my pipe work and never had any trouble .
im sure its not ideal to get it in the filters and if you can prevent it then brilliant . but it wont be easy to stop it completely and you could affect the the performace of the filter depending on how you do it .
im sure its not ideal to get it in the filters and if you can prevent it then brilliant . but it wont be easy to stop it completely and you could affect the the performace of the filter depending on how you do it .
gaz025;2795736; said:
Same thing here. I have two fx5's and I have fine sand. The rays kick it up and it gets sucked into the filters, but it collects on the bottom of the filter. I have been running the filters for a year and they are running great. I took one of the filters down to clean not too long ago. I took the impeller casing off and looked at the impeller. There was no damage to the impeller at all. I have my intakes about 10-12" off the bottom.
I made my own modification to the Intake u can read about it in the Set up and filtration Forum if u want. i still haven't turned on the filter yet.
