FX5 or not

[FreshWater Guru]

Run a sump or and wet\dry. Canisters suck, are costly, low flow rates, not effecient with energy, produce high nitrates, alot of $ to maintain and deplete oxygen.

Basically at of all the ways to filter canisters are by far the worst and stacking em wont help. So if your willing to spend 150$ do yourself a favor and buy a sump, it will filter and give more flow then any canister can offer.

 

[WyldFya]

Run a sump or and wet\dry. Canisters suck, are costly, low flow rates, not effecient with energy, produce high nitrates, alot of $ to maintain and deplete oxygen.

Basically at of all the ways to filter canisters are by far the worst and stacking em wont help. So if your willing to spend 150$ do yourself a favor and buy a sump, it will filter and give more flow then any canister can offer.

Biological filtration is far more effective at low flow rates. An Eheim 2262, which can handle a 400 gallon aquarium by itself, runs 80 W for a little over 900GPH. A matching flow rate from a good quality pump, danner mag drive 9.5 runs 93W for 950GPH. Efficiency with energy argument debunked. The purpose of a filter in freshwater is to turn ammonia and nitrite into nitrates. Not sure how you came to that being a bad thing, nitrates are what happen when a biological filter is working properly. Most canisters cost little to nothing to maintain. I have a 2262 that has been running for 6 years non-stop, and has cost me nothing. Without experience in canisters, you should not say what you do not know. Depleting oxygen is easily countered by having a lot of surface agitation, which on a canister is extremely easy to do. Higher flow rate does not equal good filtration, it simply equates to higher flow. Mechanical filtration is accomplished very effectively at high flow rates, but biological is accomplished the opposite way.

 

[Redearsunfish]

Your title shouldn't even be a question. There is no "no" with an FX5 : )

I completely agree with this!

 

[aaronb]

Biological filtration is far more effective at low flow rates. An Eheim 2262, which can handle a 400 gallon aquarium by itself, runs 80 W for a little over 900GPH. A matching flow rate from a good quality pump, danner mag drive 9.5 runs 93W for 950GPH. Efficiency with energy argument debunked. The purpose of a filter in freshwater is to turn ammonia and nitrite into nitrates. Not sure how you came to that being a bad thing, nitrates are what happen when a biological filter is working properly. Most canisters cost little to nothing to maintain. I have a 2262 that has been running for 6 years non-stop, and has cost me nothing. Without experience in canisters, you should not say what you do not know. Depleting oxygen is easily countered by having a lot of surface agitation, which on a canister is extremely easy to do. Higher flow rate does not equal good filtration, it simply equates to higher flow. Mechanical filtration is accomplished very effectively at high flow rates, but biological is accomplished the opposite way.

I like canister filters on some tanks. They are well known for being nitrate factories if not cleaned somewhat regularly. All the stuff builds up in the filter and creates nitrates that would be completely removed by a filter sock that was changed out weekly.

I don't think you understand why he said they were inefficient energy wise. It almost seems like you put no thought in your reply. You can't just compare two pumps with similar flow rates then boldly state efficiency with energy argument debunked. You might have noticed there is more to a sump or any filter than the pump. You can take the 1262 pump from the 2262 or the mag drive 9.5 and combine that with a 40 gallon breeder, 15 gallons of substrat pro, matrix, or biomax, and a filter sock and have a far more efficient filter comparing energy usage with the filtering results you get. I realize that you have to change a filter sock that makes a little maintenance, but if that's too much for a person they probably shouldn't be keeping fish.

 

[Spyder001 USA]

i have a 300 litre tank with an aqua one aquis 1250.
i think the tank is slightly overstocked so i was planning on adding another filter. i was thinking of a FX5 just because of all of the people i have heard using them.
would it be worth getting a FX5? or is there any other filters i should look at?

does anyone have the dimensions of a FX5 as the space under the tank is 315mm x 470mm x 609mm (WxDxH)

Canisters in no way will help with overcrowding, actually its setting yourself up for a dangerous situation. Get a sump for any aquarium over 100 gallons not only will it be cheaper but more energy effecient.

To professionals the Fluval Fx5 is a joke and never should be used by someone who is serious about the hobby or with monster fish. Buy a smaller tank off craigslist and add a couple of baffels and glass semi-circles to support horizontal filtration.

 

[Raven20]

Canisters in no way will help with overcrowding, actually its setting yourself up for a dangerous situation. Get a sump for any aquarium over 100 gallons not only will it be cheaper but more energy effecient.

To professionals the Fluval Fx5 is a joke and never should be used by someone who is serious about the hobby or with monster fish. Buy a smaller tank off craigslist and add a couple of baffels and glass semi-circles to support horizontal filtration.

Do you have an FX5? I do...It does a great job on my 300

 

[aaronb]

Canisters in no way will help with overcrowding, actually its setting yourself up for a dangerous situation. Get a sump for any aquarium over 100 gallons not only will it be cheaper but more energy effecient.

To professionals the Fluval Fx5 is a joke and never should be used by someone who is serious about the hobby or with monster fish. Buy a smaller tank off craigslist and add a couple of baffels and glass semi-circles to support horizontal filtration.

Sumps are great, but canisters work fine. There's no reason to condecend or insult. I'm sure there are plenty of people that use canisters that are serious fish keepers that care about giving their fish a good home. People with attitude like you are what's wrong with this site.

 

[ecoli73]

I don't understand why people say canisters are nitrate factories...unless people are using plants/algae etc in their sump, they would be nitrate factories as well...

 

[lipadj46]

To professionals the Fluval Fx5 is a joke and never should be used by someone who is serious about the hobby or with monster fish. Buy a smaller tank off craigslist and add a couple of baffels and glass semi-circles to support horizontal filtration.

oh brother, how has this guy not been banned yet?

I don't understand why people say canisters are nitrate factories...unless people are using plants/algae etc in their sump, they would be nitrate factories as well...

generally people who read a few things on the internet and then crown themselves subject matter experts

 

[ecoli73]

To professionals the Fluval Fx5 is a joke and never should be used by someone who is serious about the hobby or with monster fish. Buy a smaller tank off craigslist and add a couple of baffels and glass semi-circles to support horizontal filtration.

From your previous posts I am pretty sure you don't know or refuse to listen to any professionals you ran across...