I have recently purchased an FX5 canister filter and don't see anywhere on how much media to use. I bought the Fluval brand box of bio max (1) and placed in the middle rack and the 3pack carbon and put two of those in top rack, also put some more carbon pellets in bottom rack. It doesn't seem like it is enough. I have seen somewhere where they have filled those racks all the way to about one half inch from the top with the bio max and so Iam trying to find out how much bio max and carbon to use.Also does anyone know about carbon pellets and wether or not it is not as good as the other smaller stuff?Also I hear different things about how often you should clean the filters and replace carbon, some say they can go as much as 3 months, I know it depends on your stock , mine is 3 large (7 to 8 inch) S/A and 5 small to med (3 to 4 inch) S/A cichlids in a 125 gal, doing 30 % water changes weekly and also have 2 400 emperor hob's. Thank you for all your advice.
FX5 ?
- Thread starter beerad555
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The fx5 is really good for Mech filtration due to the sponges but absolutely terrible for the bio...you should have the bottom 2 trays filter with matrix or aquaclay, and the top with carbon/biochem-zorb/purigen(in bags)
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How much do you put in the baskets each of bio max and pre filter and how often do you change it out?
never change it out get rid of the carbon and but prefilter in top tray and add as much biomax as possible in the bottom two trays
I have my pre filter on the bottom of my fx5. Should I move mine to the top??
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It's decent at bio but turnover and capacity determines the turn over rate which I assume is better for bio filtration.
3 trays 2/3 full of Chem stars for me, don't want to clog it up too much and drop gph.
The sponges only catch med/lg debris, run a hob filled with filter padding for that
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3 trays 2/3 full of Chem stars for me, don't want to clog it up too much and drop gph.
The sponges only catch med/lg debris, run a hob filled with filter padding for that
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You put the prefilter in the top basket then biomax in the bottom 2 or you can run all 3 trays with biomax.Its up to you and your stock.