Dreams do come true: Fluval FX6 

Noktrrnal lmao

This had me dead 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Rofl hahahahahaha

Lmaoo

I got one for my sea monkeys, I'm upgrading to a pond filter soon.

Thanks for the nice comment ;-)

What about when the motor wont start day 1

@@slipstreamracing692 All products have their lemons. You think Ehiem doesn't?

@@slipstreamracing692 reseat it or the impeller.. Gotta have them primed before you start them.

Two?! Your fish are loving life for sure, nice work. Maybe when I get 1,000,000 subscribers I will add another and be as pimped out as you ;-)

Aquatic Logic lol rooting for ya!!!

Yeah I have 4 on my quarter gallon shark tank. Works pretty good

Thanks for the comment Erik. If you were to compare and contrast an FX6 to some classic Eheims, how and why would they be superior? I do have a couple of Pro 3's but I have never owned any classics.

They are designed with few moving parts which leads to a much less chance of failure. Even in the event something does occur, parts are fairly inexpensive and readily available. Also, they do not have any bypass, and are extremely difficult to clog up enough to reduce the flow. They are however, a bit difficult to prime but theres a few tricks to keeping it primed and ready to go after maintenance is done. The FX6's total media capacity is mainly focused on the mechanical filtration too, which I find a bit hindering. If you look at the total amount of surface area available for bacteria to colonize, a big portion of it is on the massive prefilter sponges. This can be a downfall if you clean those sponges in anything aside from tank water, as it risks destroying a lot of good bacteria. The Eheim Classic series is often criticized over their lack of flow compared to other Canister filters, but many of these other canisters only achieve a greater flow because of their bypass and inefficiency. There are a lot of other technical aspects, like cavitation, pressure, etc, that can be considered as well but I have said plenty already lol Also they are really quiet and have a small(ish) footprint.

Ya I was to until it figured out it sucks and motor stopped working day 1

Thanks Zack! I'm a huge proponent of using the cheap polyfil for fine mech, but I could not resist trying Fluvals solution. If it does fail, i'm going to make a huge deal out of it because its sad that they can engineer such a nice filter but some of the media does not perform as well.

Totally agree! The filter is Epic! But they do stuff like that so you always need to buy something new.

There is a reason it clogs, because it's working

Maybe that's what happened to me. Motor eont start day one just trying to setup the canister. It worked for a few hours then nothingwhem I plug it in. What should I do ?

Thanks Carlos so far i'm loving it!

Thanks for the kind words Manny, a lot more awesome videos to come ;-)

I'm trying to get a hold of the pinky stuff for my next media purchase. Lots of people are giving it good reviews.

i still use mostly polyfil i just like to have the pinky pads to give me peace of mind that none of the poly will work its way to the pump take care fish bro

Thanks Jerry i'm pumped about it.

Thanks George, i'm super exited about it.

Thats right! I have everything going through a GFCI, so my house wont burn down, or kill anyone or anything.

Needs to be raised off the floor so if you have a leak it won't be submerged in a puddle. A few minutes and some zip ties are cheap insurance on not electrocuting your fish.

Qual3n like he said a gfci nobodys getting zapped.. not even the fish.

GFCI has a delay. There has to be a current change before it can react to it. Is it worth the risk? There are sound safe practices and then there is just being lazy.

Yup they do have a delay. So now you must factor in the current and exposure time to understand the risk. If you install a Class A GFCI, which ranges from 4-6mA trip current and then measure the actual current the fish would be exposed to for that period of time what do you think the risk is? My guess is that it would be imperceptible to the fish. Lazy? The condition of my aquariums speak for themselves but thanks for the cheap mischaracterization.

I do have some of that Fluval silicone on hand, thanks for the heads up. I cant imagine the mess if this beat leaked :-0

Water Leak Detection Alarm. Best $20 you'll ever spend

Do the 2 black o rings go somewhere?

Thanks man! I'm so pumped to have lots of headroom now in this tank for more fish :-)

It is gravity fed, like all canister filters. Fluval wants it to be at minimum 8" below water line.

Thats a good question Larry. The pore size of the bag could limit or inhibit the bacteria's ability to get inside and colonize the media...

The Bag could be good for stuffing with something like Seachem Purigen or what have you.. I would guess.. But I think they have their own little bags. So not really sure unless maybe carbon because it is very messy and the bags may have fine enough mesh to hold it.. I want to replace the bio max with bio home ultimate although it's expensive. There are alot of different types of pourus media that do the same thing that are far cheaper.

You got a 3 year warranty on that thing. What did Fluval say?

It was my bothers so it's got about 2 years between him and me

I would be really interested to see what Fluval has to say, especially considering the 3 year warranty. They could at least help you troubleshoot it.

I have to replace the hood bolts on it I work for a lfs so we're ordering new one but went with a sump I'm keeping it don't get me wrong its a good filter

The spores are floating in my air and get into my tank, and then I just use inexpensive but abundant LED lighting.

How long do you think the polishing pads can be in the filter before they clog up?

Aquatic Logic for me it takes 6 months for my African cichlid tank.

had the same problem i had to ditch the carbon pad. i kept it cause i didn't want anything going thought to the impeller. after 2 months it was clogged up with brown biological bacteria.

I have ventured there once with a friend a couple of years ago because he was setting up an Oscar tank and was fond of the place. The majority of the tanks were odd colors that day (obvious indicator of medication) so we didn't purchase anything. Its awesome to hear the FX's being reliable, i'm hoping for the same ;-)

Yeah I can't believe it has almost been 10 years, my Rena XP3's and 4 have all just started to give me problems but the Fluval's have been brilliant. I'd give Gold's another look. At least for food and supplies. Best price's in Calgary.

Fx 5 going for 11 years hasn’t missed a beat best ever I’ve had

What kind of fish are in the tank? Would they survive huge flow?

Thanks man. As you can see im raising the first juveniles right now to make sure their morphology is as good as the parents. You need to check out aFISHionados in Winnipeg. I got all my trophs from him (Spencer) and it was a beauty. I'm in Calgary, and all I needed to do was order from Spencer and go to the airport and get them. I posted a video about it as well.

That was in Murica right? (They would never sell it for that in Canadian pesos)

I'm not sure what your asking Ashwin?

ok .. i dont have any aquarium, first time plan to set up new aquarium and as lots of you tubers said that when you go filter set up you need to use aquarium water so there is some biological bacteria will grow faster and tank cycle will go fast i mean easy to devlop nitrifing bacteria .. for that i saw your guideline video but is there any ready water availble or any new suggestion for fast tank cycle ..

To clarify, its not aquarium "water" that speeds it up, its the bacterial biofilms that are deposited into some water when you squeeze out mature filter media. If you cannot get this from a friend/trusted source then you next best option is to but the bacteria in a bottle products from your local Aquarium store.

How much $$ do you think it would cost to build a sump for this tank? I'm super handy, and have never tried one before!

The cost is really up to you. $500 seems like a reasonable estimate to me if you used a prebuilt aquarium as your main housing and chose to get an overbuilt pump like an Iwaki. The advantage with the wet/dry system though is that you can pretty well utilize the entire volume of your sump for biological media compared to the volumes provided by your cans. You could also move your heater and plenty of other equipment out of the display area. So for about the same cost ($300 for FX6 and ~$180 for XP) you'd end up easily with ~4x the filtration media (1.5 gallons for FX6, 3 for XP) if you built it out of something small like a 20 gallon long. You could conceivably spend less than that as well using a plastic tub and a cheaper pump.

Yes talk him into getting a sump so it rots his wooden stand and whole thing comes crashing down

Thanks David!

Definitely an FX6

Yes it is

Which one did you get?

@@westsenkovec I got the FX6 and i am 100% delighted that i didnt get the FX4. Th FX6 is a beast but isnt too powerful for the 240 litre tank at all. Its a great filter i am so happy with my choice

I'm pretty sure I'm getting the fx6 for my turtle tank. I plan to replace the media. Do you happen to know how much fits inside? I saw some reviews saying that the pump is loud and people had leakage problems. How's your experience?

Your new canister filter will take around 30 days to start working in terms of the Nitrogen cycle. So when you install it, keep your HOB running for 30 days and then you should be awesome.

Aquatic Logic ok thanks

@@gabbyzuniga4038 could've just soak your new media and foams for the new canister in dirty water from the hang on. Instantly cycled

@@AquaticLogic any trick the nitrogen cycle completes soon...

Jake your really mixed up buddy. A Hang On Back (HOB) and canister filter are two separate types of filters. Fluval does not make a 110 HOB or canister. AquaClear does make a 110, but its only rated to 110 Gallons and displaces a measly 500GHP on the best day of its life. The FX6 beside a AC110 is like comparing a Hummer to a Smart Car... A Smart car with a Hayabusa motor.

Well it works for me I got a fluval 70 and 110 and a Maitland 360 and a hydhor 850

Avisek Dasgupta sound like he chugged a couple 40s🥴🍺🍺🍺

Peter I have to say my experience with it has been the exact opposite! Its very quiet, I cant name any other canister that pumps anywhere close to that much water, and their corrugated hoses are really flexible... I not sure what else to say.

Why?

Garrett Ivins what filter is it ?

I got a couple for my 8 gallon whale shark tank, only put me out $100

Wet Sleeves over time the fx5 gets way louder than fx6 fx 6 is super quite I’m running both on my tank✅✅💯💯

Wet dry filters are not well known or used much in the hobby. They can be loud and annoying. An eheim canister is dead quiet, a fluval a bit louder but still not annoying and barely noticeable.

Because? For example? Reason being?

My FX6 has been running for 3 years without any problems and minimum maintenance. Great filter.

My motor stopped running day 1

My motor stopped running first 3 hours

Why and how?

They works for me... so much that i am running 2 of them in my 125 g