should i sell my eheim for fx5?

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sonycrr

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got 2 eheim 2026
and 1 ehem 2080

should i sell the 2 2026 and get a fx5?
im lacking in mechanical right now and see a lot of debris in the water.

would it make a huge difference in mechanical if i get the fx5 and replace the 2 2026?

or should i try to change the media in the 2026s to be better in mechanical?

can anyone compare the noise level of an fx5 to a eheim 2080? tank is in my bed room and i need it to be decently quiet.

or should i keep the eheims since they are know for reliability?

thanks!

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Honestly, Keep the 2026s. You will get better mechanical filtration especially fine particle filtration with the two you have versus 1 Fx5. The down side of the fx5 is its internal design is flawed when it comes to small particle filtration. Clogs up in a week or two. Sometimes less.

You will get roughly 200-250 GPH from your eheim which is roughly 400-500 GPH of filtration at 40 watts of power. Fx5 is 600 GPH lacking on fine filtration and consumes 50 watts.

You also have 2 filters, actually 3 which just means more redundancy. Sucks you have to clean 3 filters in stead of 1 or 2 though.

you may want to see if you can re-position or redirect your discharge and suction hoses for better debris pickup. Filter Floss/Filter Fiber in the canister filter I find works flawlessly for fine particle filtration and you can reuse it. dirtry job cleaning it but if thats what you are after it would work.
 
Jgray152;4828986; said:
Honestly, Keep the 2026s. You will get better mechanical filtration especially fine particle filtration with the two you have versus 1 Fx5. The down side of the fx5 is its internal design is flawed when it comes to small particle filtration. Clogs up in a week or two. Sometimes less.

You will get roughly 200-250 GPH from your eheim which is roughly 400-500 GPH of filtration at 40 watts of power. Fx5 is 600 GPH lacking on fine filtration and consumes 50 watts.

You also have 2 filters, actually 3 which just means more redundancy. Sucks you have to clean 3 filters in stead of 1 or 2 though.
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thanks for the info!
 
Jgray pretty much hit the nail on the head.

Id personally stay with ur Eheim's instead of picking up one FX5.

While the FX5 is a great canister filter they do tend to sometimes clog and it does have a slightly hard time picking up smaller pieces/particles of debris.

So for right now i say stay with the Eheim's, there great filters to begin with.
 
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