FX5 with Bio-Wheel

[thebrandon]

I thought I'd share this here. I recently bought another FX5 for $75 off of craigslist which upped the number of FX5's I own to 3 now . On my 135 gallon tank I used to run an FX5 and a mag 350 pro. Since I had another FX5 now I decided to move the Mag 350 pro to run along side my FX5 on my 120 tall, and have two FX5's on the 135. The bio-wheel part on the mag 350 pro unfortunately wouldn't fit on my 120 tall because of the center brace. So I decided to do a quick mod and run it inline with one of the FX5's on my 135.

Here is what I did here

Home Depot didn't have the exact parts I wanted but they had enough to get the job done.

and here it is attached

simple and 100% reversible if I decide to not use it. I personally like using bio-wheels, and with the FX5 I feel it is much more effective than it was on the mag 350.

 

[KaiserSousay]

Cool..
Good thinking.
Even if the bio benifits of the wheels might be questionable, they do an outstanding job of getting O2 into the water.

 

[smpage]

super neat!

 

[thebrandon]

thanks! I know it's not needed, especially running two FX5's. I just like to try and have variety on my tanks when it comes to filtration, and it was a fun and fast DIY project to do.

 

[PhantastickFish]

what size is that vinyl you attached to the filter?

 

[Spiritofthesoul]

I wonder how fast does the wheel spin. You should add a ball valve to control the flow rate though.