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OH WOW is all i can say!

straight from the garden hose for my tanks too everyone in my tanks got use to it, so it doesnt bother them

had an old Fluval Tronic, it jammed on and made fish soup, now i've using a Ehiem Jager and its the best heater i owned

sorry for the poor photos but i still have alot of trouble taking photos of the tank with the lights and the camera flash start with the FX5 thats a large can of colourbits The HUGE strainer out take. this thing is cool, dual out take and the best thing you can adjust the direction you want the water to blow now my tank, coming up to two months old on the 11th of this month, so the plants havent grown the way i want yet and the discus are very camera shy

couldnt be bothered turning off the filter so i just plug a hose into the bottom valve and close off the 'out' tap on the top and open the valve at the bottom. Works like a charm no unclipping the hose, no need turning off the filter, no water spills evilknieval69, will post photos tonight or tomorrow

had it running for 3days now and yip i did a water change with the valve at the bottom which is really good the strainer is huge and kinda looks like a soap holder, not really pretty looking since its hard to hide especially if you have a smaller tank oh i find both FX5s and 2028s attachments silly, they are so big and clumsy, really hard to work on my tank since i have limited room with my lights p.s i upgraded my lighting running 4 x 5ft 58watt tubes now, plants bubbles like a airstone now

my review of the FX5 first thing you will notice is the giant box it comes with, you can fit two fluval 304 boxes inside the FX5's box!! setting up is very simple, hardest part is to find a home for it cause of the size. Cut and run the tubing, plug in the intake and out take, add water and your done... now i've always been a big fan of the fluval filters but the FX5 feels like the quality isnt there, the canister feels like a bucket and the media trays feels cheap. The FX5 just doesnt have a solid feel to it compared to my eheim 2028. Also the FX5 is twice as loud as the eheim 2028 Fx5 is like having a powerful japanese car, cheap, fast and loud but not a solid feeling to drive compared to the eheim which is more of a european sports car, not as fast but feels alot better to drive, the feel of quality conclusion Fx5 is a value for money buy considering the spec's. IMO i would get the eheim if you have a 500l or under tank anything over i would get the FX5 if anyone want pics just ask and i'll take some for you

woah thats alot of media, what did you use in yours? i got a big bag of eheim stuff but i think it will only fill one basket

eheim has the pro 3 http://www.eheimasiapacific.com/pro3.htm dunno how much it will cost

i just ordered one and should come next week... how much media do i need?

went there today and picked up a double 5ft reflector for only $10 Thanks for the help

Thanks Alan p.s i'm the one that picked up the java fern on sunday

i've just setup my DYI fluro lights and now i need some reflectors. i see LFS sells them for alot of money, is there a place i can get them cheaper? if not what is a good brand to buy if i buy it from a LFS?

BlueandKim i got some of those glass diffusers when i went back to hong kong last year. i wanted to use them on my DIY CO2 but it wont work. there isnt enough pressure for the CO2 to come out i ended up getting my gf to get me a pressured CO2 setup from over there.... ps if you know anyone in asia get them to get your fish stuff since its SO cheap its not funny

well for me i keep my discus with clown loachers, neons, black neons and lemon tetras and they all are happy have tired with red tail black shark but they get very nasty when they grow big also the same with most gouramis like kissing, golden..etc

what is tea tree oil and where do you buy it?

the plants didnt do anything so i add another 2 which is all i have, they seem better but not as happy as they can be i have notice they come out if the light is off

there was a chase to remove the neons and i have now added some plants in the tank will see if they change their mood

that makes sence, maybe the neon should go back in just wanted to spilt those two discus from the others so they can maybe breed if i'm lucky thanks for your help

hi i setup an 3ft bare bottom tank with 2 discus, 3 neons and everyone was happy moving around the tank. about a week and a half ago i took out the neons and ever since my discus hides in the corner and never swims about the tank anyone know whats wrong? they dont like being on there own?

i'm still running my Fluval 403 and its still runs like new

Thanks for the Advise Cheers

hi i just setup my pressurised Co2 yesterday and i noticed that my ph level drops, normaly my tank is about 6.5 but with the co2 it drops to 5.5 is that ok for my discus? since my co2 gets turned off at night the ph rises again but will drop when co2 gets turned on during the day i readed that discus dont like the ph changing alot, is this ok for them? Thanks

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