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gypsy3
Sun Dec 09, 2007, 01:25 AM
hi all....can somebody tell me roughly how much filter media i would need for my fx5.am thinking of putting eheim substrat and ceramic noodles in 2 of the baskets, would i add anything to the other one?I was going to put some purigen in that basket - which basket would the purigen be most effective in?. also , in what order would the media go/...thanks

ILLUSN
Sun Dec 09, 2007, 04:38 AM
6L will be plenty for an fx5.
2L of efhimech and 4L of substrate pro.

put the mech in the bottom basket and the putigen/substrate pro in the top

taksan
Sun Dec 09, 2007, 10:42 AM
other way around FX5's are the only cannister that flow top to bottom. Mech in top basket, then the bio towards the bottom.

gypsy3
Sun Dec 09, 2007, 12:43 PM
this may be a silly question...but given that there are 3 media baskets, what goes in the 3rd one?

ILLUSN
Sun Dec 09, 2007, 10:37 PM
Thanks Taksan, forgot that the FX5 was backwards (just like the new big aqauaone advanced).

gypsy3 put more substrate pro in the bottom (ie fill both the bottom 2 with substrate pro)