rudy Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Very impressive filter. Quiet, easy to operate and tons of room in the biochambers. Pumps a ton of water. Only drawbacks I would say is the tank clips are so skinny that I can't put them over the trim of my tank. I can't imagine they designed these for 55 gallon tanks so it seems a bit strange and a bit of a nuisance. Great filter overall and I plan to get another as on my upstairs tank I do not trust wet drys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medicdude Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 I'd have to agree with that Rudy. Great filter, moves a ton of water, but for a filter this size you should not have to notch out the clips to fit on a larger tank. When I set it up on my display tank in the store it took me longer to notch it out than to set up the rest of the filter. That will be my one and complaint to my Hagen Rep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukep77 Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 I realy like my fx5, I got one after my 403 crashed a couple of weeks ago. The only mistake I made was to not keep my sponges from my old filter, took a couple of days to bring things back to normal. But no problems yet with it. I have a 90g and I found that the clips that hange over the trim fit very nicely. How big of a system did you set it up on Medicdude? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medicdude Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 It's on my 135 Display tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucklehead Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Manufacturers in general need to modify designs for tanks with euro-bracing, especially big filters, just common sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanker Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 To Hagen's credit, the instruction manual for a FX5 does make a provision for euro-braced tanks; illustrating the instance and advising you to buy an extra set of hose clips (the ones that help to 'shape' the hose) to fit over and then under the lip. Granted, this comes at a small extra cost, but not all tanks are euro's so it's a fair trade. Nice to see them at least acknowledge the existance and make mention of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3LittleFish Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 I like the fx5 especially how much water it handles. Makes for a good cichlid circulation system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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