Biggest and baddest canister filter?
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FishCr8zy
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I hear the pro series have many problems especially leaking. Is it true?
2071, 2073, and 2075 canister filters about 2+ years ago were having issues with leaks & was taken care of. The 2080 I never heard of a leak issues & so far I have mines running with no problems. If any leaks on the 2080, I will think it will be by not putting lube on all the seals & replacing when needed
Eheim Water Neutral Maintenance spray is what I use. Cost a pretty penny got mines for $18. To tell you the truth with how much i spent on everything else I didnt mind even after I got a cheaper silcone food graded spray. The reason why I bought the eheim one is that I don't want to find out that something in it that other lube killed the fish or is not good for that o-rings etc... etc...
Other use petroleum jelly but on some rubbers they can degrade them and the cost of buying a ring/sealed (Which you should always have on hand as a back up) or leaks
Other use petroleum jelly but on some rubbers they can degrade them and the cost of buying a ring/sealed (Which you should always have on hand as a back up) or leaks
FishCr8zy
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GoldsGuy
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The FX5 is an awesome filter. It's huge, holds lots of media which is customizable. I have two on my 120 gallon but I have goldfish with use bio loads. But keeps water crystal and not that major to clean. I alternate one each month. With low bio loads you could go months between cleaning.
FishCr8zy
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Wow! 2 fluval fx5s on a 120!!! That is really awesome and shocking! How many goldfish do you have and what kind?
GoldsGuy
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I have four single-tailed comets. Largest is over 5" not including tail.
Why shocking?
With media they only get around 565 gph. It's recommended to have between 7x-10x filtration with golds
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FishCr8zy
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I know they need 10x filtration but I don't have a tank that big so I have never gotten a fluval fx5. So when I saw you had two on one tank, my jaw dropped open. Lol
Nice Goldie's btw.
GoldsGuy
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Well I started with a 10-gallon for a few months until I realized that was much too small. Upgraded to a 55 with a couple of HOBs until those couldn't keep up, so added an FX5 to the 55. When I upgraded to the 120 I just added another FX5 as I loved the first one.
What is really amazing is that having those two huge canisters u can't hear them at all.
FishCr8zy
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Wow. That means they are really really quiet.
. Did you see the new fx6? It's getting more expensive and bigger everyday! Lol
MMantelli
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What about a canister filter made for a pond.
FishCr8zy
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The fx5 is actually more powerful than some. Canister filters for pond need a submersible pump. The canister itself doesn't pump water. The pump is really what decides how powerful your filter is.
MMantelli
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Ooohhhhh...I see I didn't know they ran off a submerible pump.
FishCr8zy
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Yeah. He canister part is only for filtration. The good thing though is that you never have to change media. The only thing you need to do is clean out the media once in a while. In winter, you don't have to clean it at all if your using it outside! There are manual pumps that are two handles that you need to pull up and down to clean the media. It's really easy to clean. Just use the manual pump and let water flow out of the extra outflow for about 10 mins or less and its clean and new all over again.
MMantelli
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Oh cool so kinda like backflushing a pool.
FishCr8zy
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Kinda. You use the ponds water to get rid of the dirty stuff in the media.
MMantelli
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Yup same idea then that's cool.
FishCr8zy
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Yup. Mine is really quiet too. I can literally not hear it at all ( with the exception if the waterfall ).
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