External Filter

[lachojski2005]

my mate has a 5ft x 2ft x 2ft fish tank and needs a new filter an has decided to go for an fluval external but does not no what size he will need.any one no what size?
cheers

 

[england]

well i have the fluval fx5 and id reccomend it to anyone in a heartbeat, depends on his money situation, i paid 116pounds on flea bay<e-bay
or a budget filter which is ment to be good, a forum user on here has it and says it very good
http/cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...A:IT&ih=005

in my oppinion fx5 is the best

 

[lachojski2005]

hes on a budget so the cheaper the better.what litre per hour minimum should he be needing?
cheers

 

[Nick16]

well i would say around 10x turnover. so if he has a 240 litre tank, he will need about 2400lph. now you may need two filters to achive this.

 

[smegforbrains]

A Fluval 305 would just do the job, but a 405 would be way better.

IMHO the FX5 would be overkill.

 

[malakye]

I would pay out the little extra and get the fluval 405 over the 305.

 

[lachojski2005]

he has only got one fish in the tank which is a giant gourami (i think).what litre is the tank then?cant get onto the calculator?

 

[Nick16]

google it mate, there ar plenty of site with calculators, personally id rather have a redundant system just in case.

 

[petertr]

Its a 5 foot tank - my 4 foot has a Fluval 405 and I'm only barely happy that this is enough.

I wish I'd paid the extra for an FX5 now.

 

[smegforbrains]

Doh! Mis-read the posts. I thought it was 240 litres but nick was just posting an example


Just worked it out @ approx 550 litres, so yes, in this case I would opt for the FX5 or an Aqua One Aquis 1000/1250

 

[minimat]

ive got 350l and im running a fluval 305 external a tetretec ex1200 external and a fluval 4+ internal giving 3200lph turnover.

you cant have too much filtration imho and like this if one breaks yove got the others running. with 1 big one if it breaks its problems!

mat

 

[england]

mines the exsact same measurements as the 5ft/2ft/2ft....................and my fluval fx5 does great and isnt a overkill

 

[8inary]

overkill it, go with the fx5 - i have 2 on my 6x2.5x2. they rock for their price. there is no issue in overkilling as you cannot really overkill the filtering, plus this is a smart filter - selt primes, and every 24hours it purges any air thats in its system...very smart

 

[Schmill]

I've got a 4ft tank 300 litre, and thats running an Aqua One Aquis 1200 and I'd say I wouldn't be happy with just this on a 550 Litre tank, in fact I'm thinking of upping it even on my 300

Btw, calc can be got to via the archive here:

Archived Aquarium Calc

 

[JA5ON]

if your looking for a cheap one a would look at this one i have just got one ma self w8in for it coming tomorrow

http/www.ketteringkoi.com/acatalog/Aquar...wer_Filter.html