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new filter
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:30 pm
by hemi
welp as some of you know i got an FX5 today
well lets just say the clowns are loving it
there swimming in the flow of it more in the last 2 hours
then ive seen them swim in the flow of my sump for the past couple of months
it seems great so far
but i allready miss my sump
anyways
i gotta go find a way to hook up my UV
now that it cant go in my sump
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:02 pm
by brett_fishman
FX5s are the HUGE fluval canister filters arent they?!
they pump like 950 gph eh?!
have fun with it, what size tank is it on?
-brett.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:09 am
by hemi
its on my 180
in place of my outdated sump pump
it seems pretty cool so far
but i do miss my sump allready
anyways a couple more weeks and ill have a new pump for the sump
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:32 am
by chris1932
What filter pads did you install in your FX5? I had problems with mine clogging the blue and white filter pads. I would keep an eye on it for a few days.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:12 am
by Martin Thoene
I'm not soprised that they're enjoying the flow.
I recently added a Seio M1500 powerhead to my already filter-rich Clown tank.
It shifts 1500GPH in a wide-spread outlet that the fish just love. They have sessions of hanging in the current mid-tank and swimming against it. Marvelous to watch big Clowns, small
kubotai and
histrionica all swimming together, but actually staying in one position.
Generally, the fish have become far more outgoing and lively.
Botiine loaches love current!
Martin.