I am thinking of swapping out the wet dry on my 125 for an fx5. The wet dry is too much of a hassel and seems to make more of a mess than anything else. I have on the 125 2 ac110s and a xp3 in addition to the w/d. What are you guys thoughts on making this switch, I know that I will be losing a ton of biological filtration, but I plan to combat this by stuffing the fx5 with bio media. Any thought or opinion on the matter would be greatly appreciated!
Wet Dry vs Fx5
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Well, just make sure you load the FX5 up with bio media,...put media that was in your w/d into the fx5. But with your HOB's you should be alright..
i love my fx5, but if you think a w/d makes a mess.....wait until you try to clean the fx5. maybe its just me, and my complete inability to NOT get water on a floor, but mine makes a good amount of mess when pulling the baskets out of the can, and when breaking the seal to open the lid.
on a positive side, i would 110% recomend one if you really dont want the w/d anymore. mine along with an xp3 is keeping my 250g tank clean and balanced, and it has a pacu and oscar over 12" and another pacu pushing 20". thats a hell of a bio-load, not even including the other fish.
on a positive side, i would 110% recomend one if you really dont want the w/d anymore. mine along with an xp3 is keeping my 250g tank clean and balanced, and it has a pacu and oscar over 12" and another pacu pushing 20". thats a hell of a bio-load, not even including the other fish.
Thats what I'm wondering. To clean my wet/dry I turn off the pump, pull the old filter wool off the top, throw it in the bin, replace it with a new piece and turn the pump back on.selki;2256183; said:
If someone can explain how cleaning a canister filter could be easier or less-messy than that I'm all ears...
I am sorry that my wanting to replace my messy wetdry that requires more maitenance that my tank personally offends some of you. To the others, I got the fx5 hooked up today, and love the thing, its quieter than I imagined and the features on this thing are great. I filled two trays with bio media to combat the loss. As for why I replaced it, all my tanks are in my studio apt, aka where watch tv, sleep, cook, eat, everything is in one room. The w/d was loud, and there always seemed to be water around it. Apparently the air here is really dry and waking up to the submersible pump sucking air at 4 am is not my cup of tea. The w/d is for sale for $100 bucks.