Will FX5 do the trick??

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I've made new aquarium that I'm now testing for leaks. I've made PVC overflow from this page but flow is insuficient for my 2000LPH pump. I have tryed with fi 32mm pipes but I only get 280LPH, so I'm thinking to throw away overflow and buy Fluval FX5 or something similar.
Aquarium is 220×60×55H cm about 600+L (about 158 gallons). In background are holes for intake on left and right side. Can I put 2 intakes on FX5?

Here are some pics of aquarium

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Sweet tank.
It would depend on how many, of what your going to put in your new tank.
The FX5 works miracles for many, but isn`t magic.
You still need to size your filter to it`s load.
Good luck.
 
It will hold 6 Jurupari and 6 Geophagus Orange head and 10-20 lemon tetra (rio tapajos biotope) I'm thinking when fish grow up if filtration is inadequate I'll put another filter (not poweful like FX5 but smaller). But will it be enough when fises are small?
 
FX5 will definitely handle that bioload by itself (if filled with high quality bio media) but you will probably want some beefy powerheads to increase flow over all that length. Check out the koralia evolution 1400gph units, or you could go even bigger.
 
TX, I was thinking of putting some circulation pump in corners, but I must hide it somehow.

p.s. sorry for my bad English I speak Hrvatski/Croatian
 
Your English is not bad at all. Hey, it's definitely better than my Croatian language skills. :D
The only thing I might recommend is converting all your metric measurements to standard US measurements in the future, because a lot of active members on here are American (and we are horrible with the metric system ;)).

I have a 1400 gph koralia evo on the right side of my 125, but you don't really see it.
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I know the light is pretty dim in that picture but you can use that to your advantage to hide equipment and cords in the corners by using smaller lights towards the center of the tank.
 
Nice tank!
Where did you direct pump, to surface or bottom?
I've oredered from colegue an used FX5 for about 230$. Here that is good price (with filter filling)
 
That's a good price here too (with filter media).

I have my FX5 intake right behind the tree trunk, the output nozzle on the right side about 2 feet from the right side of the tank (one nozzle pointed directly at the surface to break the surface of the water), and the powerhead on the right side pointed at about the middle/bottom of the water column. If I place to so it blows directly toward the sand, it blows a huge hole in the substrate. If I point it directly at the surface, then everything settles on the sand.
 
I'm thinking to make dual suction for filter and I'm wondering what pipe should I use? Should intakes before T or Y joint be 1/2" or 3/4". Bicause AQ is 220cm (7.2feet) I think it would be beter to have suction in 2 corners.
 
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