Fluval Fx5 on a fish only tank

[powderblutang]

I was thinking about using a fluval fx5 on a 150 fish only, has anyone used one of these filters?

 

[dse]

i'm using it as we speak.
quite good filters don't use media tho use carbon and sponges only.
very powerfull input/output aswell so put a mesh around it as it can suck in the smaller fish or the inverts.
i put my intake at the top and my output above water level makes a great water desturber check my thread in "share your aquarium" forum for some pics.

 

[powderblutang]

yea i was going to put matrix in anyway, and prob. purigen to a whole crap load, I was thinking of doing a sort of "bomie" style live rock formation and was not going to have as much as my other tanks, thats where the matrix comes in

 

[stdreb27]

It does what it says it does. I ran a 180 on that for a good while. The only down sides are what you typically see with a canister filter, the rot in the canister. You are going to have be religious with your cleaning.

 

[subielover]

I think a sump/refugium combo would be much better suited, and probably cheaper

 

[khaosinc]

I'm a newbie to saltwater, but I run a couple of the fx5's on other tanks (and love them), those filters are programed to shut off once a day and purge the air out of the system. Isn't that a problem in saltwater?

 

[stdreb27]

Originally Posted by Khaosinc
http:///forum/post/2795894
I'm a newbie to saltwater, but I run a couple of the fx5's on other tanks (and love them), those filters are programed to shut off once a day and purge the air out of the system. Isn't that a problem in saltwater?
Other than it scaring the crap out of you every time it happens no.