FX5 water flow issue

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FreshwaterHawaii

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Hello MFK,

i recently setup my brand new fx5 about a month ago and the water flow completely dropped to no water flow at all today. At first i thought it was doing its 2 minute shutdown but it didnt come back on so i unplugged it and plugged it back in and it made noises but didnt have waterflow at all. I drained the water, and cleaned the fine filter pad and the other blue filter pad that i have in my top basket and it seemed to work but the water flow was still very low. So i removed the fine filter pad and the water flow seems normal now. Does this happen often?

Top basket: blue filter pad (removed the fine white filter pad)
middle basket: bio rings
Bottom basket: bio rings

my 125 gallon tank stock is: (4) 3" bala sharks, (4) 2.5" tinfoil barbs, and about (18) 2-5" clown loaches.
 
my canister filter does the same thing but i got mine off of ebay and planning on getting a better one for this one is trash. its used for my red eared sliders. the water flow stops and goes on after a couple of seconds. i think its because the water is low so when i fill the water all the way up the water flow does not stop at all. not sure why yours does it though. good luck
 
FreshwaterHawaii said:
Hello MFK,

i recently setup my brand new fx5 about a month ago and the water flow completely dropped to no water flow at all today. At first i thought it was doing its 2 minute shutdown but it didnt come back on so i unplugged it and plugged it back in and it made noises but didnt have waterflow at all. I drained the water, and cleaned the fine filter pad and the other blue filter pad that i have in my top basket and it seemed to work but the water flow was still very low. So i removed the fine filter pad and the water flow seems normal now. Does this happen often?

Top basket: blue filter pad (removed the fine white filter pad)
middle basket: bio rings
Bottom basket: bio rings

my 125 gallon tank stock is: (4) 3" bala sharks, (4) 2.5" tinfoil barbs, and about (18) 2-5" clown loaches.
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Its the pads,best thing to do is pull them out,i use a ho for floss/polish pads,they clog up the fx5 way too fast



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It's the fine pad that is causing the problem. Take that out and you will be ok.
I don't run a fine pad in any of mine and all the tank's are crystal.
 
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