I am actually thinking about hooking this up to a reef-flo Dart pump I have that runs my circulation. I was going to get a Ocean Clear to do this, but after I found this FX5 on Amazon for $210 I decided to go with it. I haven't seen them this cheap in a while. I hope I made the right choice as I was going to get 2 ocean clears and hook them up with one charcoal and one filtering. Mine is going to be here Thursday so I will let hopefully get it installed and running that day. http://www.amazon.com/Fluval-FX5-Ex...O2PK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326174899&sr=8-1
New FX5 delivered yesterday and....
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ask any FX5 owner they'll tell you nothing but good things. to this day i have yet to hear any negative comments
lookin to get me one here soon as my taxes come in.. that and upgade my sumps pump to a bigger model. i was looking at the fx5 at my lfs and i agree its truly bigger then most would think!
I paid the same through Amazon. I think you will be shocked when you open the box, I know I was.
I learned one valuable lesson with the FX5. After you snap all 8 latches in place, make sure to hand tighten them all....TIGHT. I didn't, and you would be amazed at how much water flows out when your one inch intake/outlets turn into syphons. I probably dumped close to three gallons of water in less than 10 seconds
I learned one valuable lesson with the FX5. After you snap all 8 latches in place, make sure to hand tighten them all....TIGHT. I didn't, and you would be amazed at how much water flows out when your one inch intake/outlets turn into syphons. I probably dumped close to three gallons of water in less than 10 seconds
Thanks for the input. I plan to tear my tank down today and give it a cleaning like it hasn't had in a year. Does anyone have a material recomendation they can put out. I know with the 3 layers you can stack them how you want. Just wondered if anyone had tested it and has one that works best.
Man you want to see water, get you a reeflo dart and hook it up in a smaller tank! It makes an awesome current in my 220g tank. I actually have 2 reeflo hammerheads for an unfinished 350g project. I hooked one up in my pool just to see what it would do and the 2" outlet would spray water 10'. Before I went to the pool I started it in a 5 gallon bucket and it sucked it dry in maybe 2 seconds. It was awesome. I can't wait to getthat tank hook up and going. Have to wait until I get a bigger house. We plan to build in a few years and I plan to make a fish room all concrete floors with a 2" rise around it with a drain. Spills will be a cinch to clean up then. My wife hates my tanks as I have ruined at least $10K worth of hard wood floors in our front room.
I am running all Matrix biomedia in the trays. After doing quite a bit of reading, it was widely considered the best out there. I bought two liters of it, which actually isn't quite enough. I think you would be good with 4.
I'm still unsure how to use the drain function on the filter, and it's a real pain to get it out of the stand when it's full. I disconnected the in/outs and used my python to suck much of the water out before removing from the stand.
I'm still unsure how to use the drain function on the filter, and it's a real pain to get it out of the stand when it's full. I disconnected the in/outs and used my python to suck much of the water out before removing from the stand.
Yeah, that looks pretty simple. I suppose I should have taken the time to watch the instructional dvd it came with..... But what fun is that?
