Yeah that will be tight for an Aro. for life.jlines;2349104; said:
7x2x2 is 210g FX5 and a Wet/Dry is the way I'd go...till you go 3'x for the Aro...
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7x2x2 is 210g FX5 and a Wet/Dry is the way I'd go...till you go 3'x for the Aro...
IMO fx5 is a pile of junk but we wont go down that road of which filter is better
so i would go with 2 x eheim pro3s 2080s
BUT if your not sure what filter to buy the why not get 1 x FX5 and 1 x pro3
2 x filters are better and safer
its all about budget at the end of the day
so i would go with 2 x eheim pro3s 2080s
BUT if your not sure what filter to buy the why not get 1 x FX5 and 1 x pro3
2 x filters are better and safer
its all about budget at the end of the day
jlines;2349104; said:
Doesn't an Arowana get 3' or longer? You might decide how bad you really want one. The biggest problem with mixing Cichlids isn't bioload as much as territorial problems. I've got the Oscar, the Chocolate & the Green Terror in the 8' tank but the Choc. and GT spend a good 50% of their time running from the Oscar. It wouldn't be a good idea to have these 3 in any less than an 8' tank IMO. If you could get lucky and get 2 6" Cichlids that were fast enough to get away from the Oscar you'd be in luck.
i dont get how a sump is a hassle? every week it takes me about 10 to 15 seconds to change the filter floss in the sump and while its running too, thats it! then i do my fx5, disconnect the hoses, lug it up to the sink, scrub and clean for an hour, drag back downstairs, re-fill it, reconnect the hoses, and with a LOT of luck, it starts up. yip, much easier then swapping out floss while the filter stays onhybridtheoryd16;2341788; said:
rocker85675;2351350; said:i dont get how a sump is a hassle? every week it takes me about 10 to 15 seconds to change the filter floss in the sump and while its running too, thats it! then i do my fx5, disconnect the hoses, lug it up to the sink, scrub and clean for an hour, drag back downstairs, re-fill it, reconnect the hoses, and with a LOT of luck, it starts up. yip, much easier then swapping out floss while the filter stays on
I've got an FX5 on each of the 3 Oscar tanks and all I gotta say is you're doing it the hard way lol I just drain some down with the drain valve, lift the baskets out with the T-handles, take 10 steps to the deck, hose each sponge out with a jet nozzle and put the baskets back in the filter. I don't pick the filter itself up and carry it anywhere. As far as strong canister filters it doesn't get any easier than that. I don't know how sumps compare with mechanical filtration but the idea of drilling or running hoses and no-syphon valves and all that just sounds like a pain to me, too. Just my opinion.
I'm assuming you do not have chlorinated water coming out of that jet nozzle...TwistedPenguin;2351769; said:
if you do have,
you're nuking all the BB out of the sponges...
If you are using the FX5's for mech filtering only, no problem, but you can't beat a wet/dry for Bio-filtering, and ease of maintenance...
zennzzo;2351930; said:
No, no chlorine-it's well water. I think I'd mentioned that earlier in the thread but neglected to mention it in the post you quoted.
i would have it drilled and put a sump in, then add a fx5. thats how i run my 180 and i love it...
