Why is my water so dirty

[Fishyboy🐟🐟🐟]

If you are able, post another pic of your tank after your plug in the FX6 and it's been running at least an hour.

The tank after a day and some of the stunners in it

 

[ken31cay]

That's much better. Remember that whatever fish you stock in the tank you will need to do regular water changes. For a moderately (not overstocked) stocked tank it is suggested to do at least 50% weekly water changes.

 

[Fishyboy🐟🐟🐟]

fx6s are largely a gimmick in my opinion. unless your utilizing the mechanical media chambers your only going to fit at beast 1 gallon of media. thats really not sufficient for what the filter claims it can do. but on the plus side. the pumps powerful and it can move alot of water. when i had my fish room i had several fx5s that would feed overhead sumps. worked just fine. i would load the fx5 with nothing but polyfil and then load the overhead sump with pot scrubbies.
in a nutshell you need to increase water changes and even add another filter of some kind.

So In all of your opinions then what is the best filter

 

[Fishyboy🐟🐟🐟]

Just had a glass lid explode on me
I may or may not have glass imbedded in my skin 🥲

 

[LukeOscar]

So In all of your opinions then what is the best filter

A sump is by far the best filter. Like by a long shot.

 

[johnnymax]

You could put in an under gravel filter with at least 2" of substrate and two powerheads on it. I know many are against them, but with two powerheads and that much gravel it would have the best chance. The gravel will have enough surface area to sustain the amount of bacteria required to keep the tank clear. Koi and goldfish produce a lot of waste. They put a load on a tank.
That is the best low cost solution in my opinion, but hey... I'm Olds-Cool...

 

[LukeOscar]

You could put in an under gravel filter with at least 2" of substrate and two powerheads on it. I know many are against them, but with two powerheads and that much gravel it would have the best chance. The gravel will have enough surface area to sustain the amount of bacteria required to keep the tank clear. Koi and goldfish produce a lot of waste. They put a load on a tank.
That is the best low cost solution in my opinion, but hey... I'm Olds-Cool...

under gravel filters are on a comeback forsure. they are just bigger and going into ponds. aquascape doing some crazy things with under gravel filters.

 

[ken31cay]

Just had a glass lid explode on me
I may or may not have glass imbedded in my skin 🥲

What did your parents say about this?

 

[ken31cay]

You could put in an under gravel filter with at least 2" of substrate and two powerheads on it. I know many are against them, but with two powerheads and that much gravel it would have the best chance. The gravel will have enough surface area to sustain the amount of bacteria required to keep the tank clear. Koi and goldfish produce a lot of waste. They put a load on a tank.
That is the best low cost solution in my opinion, but hey... I'm Olds-Cool...

I actually loved these filters when I was a kid. One of my first tanks back then was a 125gal with an undergravel filter. I put six 1" red bellied piranhas in there and I'm ashamed (and amazed) to say that I never once did a water change for the years I had them in this tank. Yet all six piranhas grew to well over 6" and looked beautiful.

 

[krichardson]

Just had a glass lid explode on me
I may or may not have glass imbedded in my skin 🥲

What tha!....