As some of you may remember, when I set up my 150, my plan was to run 2 xp4's and an AC110. Well, I ended up with the tank too close to the wall and couldn't run the AC110. So, I ended up finding a good deal on craigslist. I bought an Fx5 and Xp4 both full of media, 2 400w Hydor heaters a powerhead, syphon hose, big nets and tons and tons of plants for $165! The worst part is that the lady gave away a 135g tank a few weeks ago! Anyway, I'm thinking of running the 2 xp4's for bio and the Fx5 for polishing and let my mom use the Xp4 on her 90g. Im gonna throw the boat load of ceramic rings that came in the Fx5 into the 2 Xp4's already on the 150 and just fill the Fx5 up with polishing pads. Just wondering if you all would think this would work.
Opinions on filtration for my 150...
- Thread starter creepyoldguy
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perfect! thats how 1 of my set ups is. the xp4 works so much better without pads anyway! nice colonies and will only have to fus with your fx.
^^Thats what I'm thinking. I was soo happy to get 2 filters for that price! I have to buy some hosing and a few other small parts but can't wait to get that fx5 up and running
Why the insane amount of filtration? 2 xp4's alone would be 900gph aka 6x turnover, which would be more than enough for a 150 gallon. Do you really need 1800gph on a 150?
drgnfrc13;4460785; said:
The gph rating on canisters is when they are empty and no hoses attached. the Fx5 full of media does 607. Plus its heavily stocked and my fish are still growing. I noticed a fair amount of lost flow in 1 month with heavy feeding. My plan is to set up the Fx5 and let the xp4's run and see how it does and adjust from there.
Even after you take the loss of flow into account, that stil seems like an awful lot of filtration for a 150 gallon. I have been using an fx5 and an xp4 on my 220 for nearly a year now and that combo has been working fine for me (and my tank is also very heavily stocked).creepyoldguy;4460842; said:
thanks for the input. I agree its overkill, but for $90 for an Fx5 wasnt bad. I already had the xp4's so its sort of what im "stuck" with
so, i have the fx5 running with outside pads, bottom tray empty, middle tray fine pads and top tray polishing pads. the 2 xp4s have 2 black pads on bottom and the rest of the trays are filled with rings. the fx5 setup was fairly easy.