Fluval 305

[Emma Brown]

Help, I have just been given a rather large aquarium with a Fluval 305 Pump which I know nothing about. Please could somebody tell me how to set it up... I have got some small round sponges in the pump already but understand I need charcoal and larger white sponge filters to go with it. Where do they go etc. No DVD came with the pump. Sorry for my ignorance - I am a blonde after all!

 

[WILDER]

Welcome to the board.
Post in new to the hobby.
Good Luck.

 

[OldMan47]

Welcome to the forum Emma.
You can't get off that easy here. I am also a blond, well before most of it fell out and the rest turned gray . I will move this to the new to the hobby section so that it gets more readers and maybe gets you more help. Do you have a picture of the pump and filter so that we can figure out what you have and how to advise you?

Edit: Never mind the pictures, most of us know what a Fluval 305 is. It is really your choice what to put into the empty baskets in your filter. Many of us, including me, focus on making sure there is plenty of biological filtration in our canister filters. That means that you stack each basket with ceramic "noodles", those little doughnut shaped pieces, or Seachem Matrix, looks like little bits of white gravel, or even sponges that fit the filter basket properly. Carbon is really only needed if you have medication in the tank that needs to be removed or if you keep bogwood or driftwood in the tank and want to remove the color from the water.

 

[StrontiumDog]

Here you go a link to the manual.

http/www.hagen.com/pdf/aquatic/Fluval_series5_manual.pdf

 

[Emma Brown]

Welcome to the forum Emma.
You can't get off that easy here. I am also a blond, well before most of it fell out and the rest turned gray . I will move this to the new to the hobby section so that it gets more readers and maybe gets you more help. Do you have a picture of the pump and filter so that we can figure out what you have and how to advise you?

Edit: Never mind the pictures, most of us know what a Fluval 305 is. It is really your choice what to put into the empty baskets in your filter. Many of us, including me, focus on making sure there is plenty of biological filtration in our canister filters. That means that you stack each basket with ceramic "noodles", those little doughnut shaped pieces, or Seachem Matrix, looks like little bits of white gravel, or even sponges that fit the filter basket properly. Carbon is really only needed if you have medication in the tank that needs to be removed or if you keep bogwood or driftwood in the tank and want to remove the color from the water.

 

[Emma Brown]

Thank you for uour reply and moving my posting on. I have since been to a local aquarium shop and they looked at me a bit bemused when I said I was using a fluval in a tank and not a pond so I said thank you and walked out. Your information has been greatly appreciated and photos will be winging their way to you soon. Many thanks Emma

 

[Emma Brown]

Thank you loads for taking the time to answer my problem. A BIG THANK YOU. Emma

 

[Norvu]

Seems like everything is sorted now, but here is the video that comes on the DVD you get when you buy the Fluval x05 filters.

Part 1:
http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbh3Ii7Qero

Part 2:
http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wXdPOSNU2s

 

[bhamguyspecv]

I just bought the Fluval 305 today. If you want me to rip the DVD or scan any pages of the instructional manual let me know. I can already see the difference in the water vs my old Marineland Emporer 400! (the classic, not the cheapened latter version)

Its SUPER easy! took me 30 minutes, 10 minutes of it was drilling the holes in the back of my stand for the hoses. With it being used you will probably want to replace ALL The filter media - sponge, ceramic pieces, and esp the charcoal. As long as the baskets havent dry rotted or anything you should be fine. Might be a good idea to replace the O-ring around the top, maybe the impeller if the unit is noisy. All of these items shouldn't cost a whole lot, around $20 for the o-ring/impeller and whatever you want to put into the filtration media. All total probably less than $50 easily.

Good luck with the new aquarium!

 

[erk628]

Thank you for uour reply and moving my posting on. I have since been to a local aquarium shop and they looked at me a bit bemused when I said I was using a fluval in a tank and not a pond so I said thank you and walked out. Your information has been greatly appreciated and photos will be winging their way to you soon. Many thanks Emma

A fluval in a pond? That would have to be a very very small pond!