Fluval fx5

[Luke61188]

Hi guys looking for some advice on what filter media to use on my fx5 that's going to be running on my Oscar tank.
Thanks

 

[knobhill]

pond matrix and sponges

 

[Fish Eat Fish]

Scrubbies. At dollar tree you can get 6 for $1 so you could fill it to the brim for the price of a cheeseburger.

 

[monkeybike]

On my FX6 I run ceramic rings and the coarse foam pads

 

[Lepisosteus]

Answer to this should be whatever suit's your needs. If you have big messy fish run sponges and a bio media like biohome, biomax, pond matrix. If you have a light stocked tank run the sponges and polishing pads

 

[Lepisosteus]

If there's one is car rUn some filter pads, lots of Oscars avoid the fine pads and use course foam

 

[monkeybike]

I found that the polishing pad loaded up really quickly even with a moderately loaded tank.

 

[Renegade87]

I just added an FX6 to my ML C-530 & C220 on my 155gl (5ft x 2ft x 2ft) tank. In the new FX6, I put a lot of the Eheim Substrat Pro in each of the 3 baskets along with a course foam pad on top and a fine foam pad on bottom. The C-530 is chock full of the Substrat Pro also. Matrix in the C-220.

I'll let you know how it works out, but so far I'm very happy with the FX6. Great mechanical filtration to go along with the C-530's huge biological media capacity. Best of both worlds.

 

[SandNukka15]

If you have oscars i would load up on bio media like matrix and limit the amount of pads u use for mechanical filteration.....it will clog up faster then u think and ull be cleaning it out very frequently if u add too much mechanical filtertaion not to mention your flow rate will be shot