Have a 47gal bowfront and looking to upgrade my filtration. I was looking at the fluval 405 or the rena xp3 but heard some mixed reviews about tons of people loving them and others having leak issues etc... but have heard nothing but good about the fx5. I have read up and everyone says there isn't anything wrong with "overfiltering" as long as it doesn't create too much turbulence in the water. So should I spend the extra bit and get the fx5 or save the dough and stick with one of the other ones.
Fluval Fx5 on 47gal? Overkill?
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Under most conditions that I can think of, placing the FX 5 on a 47 gallon tank would be overkill in a big way.
At one point I was planning to stick one of those on a 65g, I find the greater the filtration the less maintenance you have to do. IMO not overkill, as long as the unit is maintained properly, as for the turbulence it may or may not be a problem depending on what your setup is going to be.
Nothing wrong will filtration overkill if your fish like current! I love the Fx5. Awesome filter.
I have an FX5 on my 125. The output is in the very top right corner, and sometimes my smaller fish in the middle to left center of the tank get blown around. I would definitely say overkill. You should get 2 of the Marineland Emperor 400s. I have one partnered with my FX5 and it does work. Creates surface agitation as well.
