Filter And Heater Questions

[jayjay]

Is it 3500lph with or without the media in the filter?

 

[CAC]

Its 3500lph "without load" so yeah, no media and it does 3500 but normally it will do 2300lph.
Ive read that artical that michaelw posted, and it outline the best bits of both, allthoguh I was never going to get the 2080 because of its price, but the info on the FX5 is really useful. What I think I might do is get a 2217 which I can get for £70 inc some foam and sponges, and then maybe get the 2028 which has more filter volume, and comes complete with all the actual eheim media (like the substrat pro etc) which is about £130. The other thing I could do is just get two 2217s, and one suitable media kit for about £35 and have one as the prefilter with just the sponges and the other with all the proper media for the best filtration. I think the seccond on will be best in terms of value and quality. I would also get the powerline filter to give lots of internal water movement.
I would do the sump and trickle tower, however I have no clue how to set one up and there dont really seem to be any sites with info on a FW sump.

Mike

 

[T1KARMANN]

even if you had 6 x 2217 on that tank it wouldnt be enought filteration

what ever filtration you think is enought double it rays eat alot of food its like haveing a dog crap in your tank

the fx5 is just one big sponge with hardly any mech media in it

i have more media in my 2 x 2080 and 1 2078 than i would have in a sump

the good thing about the pro3 2080 is it has 2 x intake pipes so if you need more sponges like the fx5 its easy to do a small mod adding a massive pond bucket

why not use the hydor exturnal inline heaters or even get a 2080 thermo filter