Question for FX5 and Sand keepers

[hbluehunter]

Glad to hear, looks like i'll be getting my sand this friday..

 

[zennzzo]

I use fx5 in my sand tanks. I even used it to clear up a SW tank that broke two rena xp3's lol. The fx5 was untouched. The side foam pads collect all the sand and the pump is hidden in that side compartment. It still doesn't even make an extra soudn and has sucked up easily 5lbs of sand.

5Lbs in one session between cleanings??...Man that's alot of sand!!

 

[TheCanuck]

5Lbs in one session between cleanings??...Man that's alot of sand!!

hell yea dude. It could have been more, but it was wet so i just guessed. I added 300lbs of sand to my 360 and turned it on lmao. Dumb idea but i couldn't wait any longer. The Sand turned to sludge, you couldn't tell there where dishes in the fx5 it looked like a big sand turd.

 

[vfrstephen]

My 2 fx5s have been full of sand everytime i cleaned them for the last 2.5 years and never once had a impeller problem.

 

[flipstylex]

^+ fx5 is built to stand certain amount of sand. as long as you service your fx5 every 3 months or so, u should be aiight.

 

[zennzzo]

hell yea dude. It could have been more, but it was wet so i just guessed. I added 300lbs of sand to my 360 and turned it on lmao. Dumb idea but i couldn't wait any longer. The Sand turned to sludge, you couldn't tell there where dishes in the fx5 it looked like a big sand turd.

My 2 fx5s have been full of sand everytime i cleaned them for the last 2.5 years and never once had a impeller problem.

^+ fx5 is built to stand certain amount of sand. as long as you service your fx5 every 3 months or so, u should be aiight.

This question is for all 3 cases above...
"Was there sand in the impeller housing, the bushing caps, shaft or ceramic bushings, when you broke the FX5 down for cleaning?"

 

[kjfan1]

Thanks for the informative thread

 

[vfrstephen]

This question is for all 3 cases above...
"Was there sand in the impeller housing, the bushing caps, shaft or ceramic bushings, when you broke the FX5 down for cleaning?"

Did not notice any in the impeller area, it was all on the bottom of the canister very hard to flush out too, the sand sticks to the sides of the canister when i try to hose it out.

 

[STATMATT]

To take a tangent off this, how do you put the water back into the tank without blowing the sand all over. I'm torn between having all the flow along the top of the tank and having it close to the sand. I want some turbulance just above the sand to move the detris to the intakes, but not that much! I was thinking of Connecting the output to a line of pvc T's to disperse the flow over the bottom. Any thoughts on this?

 

[TheCanuck]

This question is for all 3 cases above...
"Was there sand in the impeller housing, the bushing caps, shaft or ceramic bushings, when you broke the FX5 down for cleaning?"

you know at the bottom where the indention is for the pump?

It was sitting all around the bottom and some just at the entrance. There was no sand in the actual housing!