think it will be okay or big no no?
alot of peeps suggested the polyfiber you can get at walmart for mechanical filtration (the compressed polyfiber padding,not the loose stuff).
I went and got a package that held a 3'x3' pad of compressed polyfiber and started using it as mechanical,and ever since I've been having to completely break down my HOB's on a regular basis and pick away the strands of polyfiber wrapped around the impeller...not sure if thats actually bad for the filters so much as annoying for me,but needless to say I was planning on going back to the regular old blue on one side white on the other filter floss once this pad is done,maybe sooner.
Now heres the problem:I recently moved my fish from their 75 to a 250 and I moved over all of the established filter media with it as well.
Am I taking a huge risk by putting that same polyfiber stuff in my FX5?I couldnt even find in the manual how you take the pump itself apart to service the impellor if needed,did I just skip through it too fast or can you not access the impellor on an FX5?
last question is how does the water flow through an FX5?I put my mechanical in the top tray,but I put felt over the top of that,should I have put the felt lining the bottom of the top tray or will that work out fine?
alot of peeps suggested the polyfiber you can get at walmart for mechanical filtration (the compressed polyfiber padding,not the loose stuff).
I went and got a package that held a 3'x3' pad of compressed polyfiber and started using it as mechanical,and ever since I've been having to completely break down my HOB's on a regular basis and pick away the strands of polyfiber wrapped around the impeller...not sure if thats actually bad for the filters so much as annoying for me,but needless to say I was planning on going back to the regular old blue on one side white on the other filter floss once this pad is done,maybe sooner.
Now heres the problem:I recently moved my fish from their 75 to a 250 and I moved over all of the established filter media with it as well.
Am I taking a huge risk by putting that same polyfiber stuff in my FX5?I couldnt even find in the manual how you take the pump itself apart to service the impellor if needed,did I just skip through it too fast or can you not access the impellor on an FX5?
last question is how does the water flow through an FX5?I put my mechanical in the top tray,but I put felt over the top of that,should I have put the felt lining the bottom of the top tray or will that work out fine?
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