Fluval fx5

[Catfishracer]

I decided to get a fluval fx5 for my 135 gallon tank. They appear to be running about $200.00 on ebay. Which seems way cheap compared to what my local pet stores are selling them for.

Just curious what kind of extra filter media I should or need to buy, and how I should set it up for max filtering effeciency.

Also any good or bad or mediocre reviews would be appreciated, Thanks!

 

[gacericardo]

nice. i just bought a fx5 for 219 on ebay. I would also like to know the answer. i want my water PRISTINE!

 

[Catfishracer]

The EHEIEM Pro 3 Looks to be about the same price on ebay though. Whats the catch? I thought it was supposed to be a little better than the fx5. So Which should I go with?

 

[Catfishracer]

Here are the Ebay links for reference purposes

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Hagen-FLUVA...in_0?hash=item4837987db8&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Link above for Fluval fx5 $209.99 with $29.99 S&H

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...akeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

$189 free shipping Ehiem pro3 Link above

 

[sick_lid]

There's plenty of threads on here with reviews from the fx5. Great filter in my opinion, I got one off of ebay a while back. Depending on what the filter comes with, one of the boxes of fx5 media will fill a tray up, and it has 3 trays.

 

[Deaths Sting]

I decided to get a fluval fx5 for my 135 gallon tank. They appear to be running about $200.00 on ebay. Which seems way cheap compared to what my local pet stores are selling them for.

Just curious what kind of extra filter media I should or need to buy, and how I should set it up for max filtering effeciency.

Also any good or bad or mediocre reviews would be appreciated, Thanks!

whats ur stock gonna be?

u got it for a good deal..

as for media:
fluval bio max is good.. or Eheim's substrat pro.

i love my FX 5...

 

[808]

I guess i should start looking around on ebay

 

[jonclark96]

The eheim you are comparing to is only rated for a 65 gallon tank. You would need 5 or 6 to compare to the fx5.

 

[FSM]

cheapest ceramic or sintered glass biomedia is seachem pond matrix, 4 liters for $25, 20 liters for $80.

 

[Nigel-James]

I put Fluval's pre-filter media in the top tray and Fluval's bio media in the middle and bottom tray's. If I was setting up my FX5 again I would use Fluval's bio media in all three tray's.