Habitat - Indoor :: Best material for a new filter

[jawsspeedymrt]

My new fluval FX5 showed up today. And I've three empty media baskets I can fill. I've got two five inch RES in 100 gallon pond. So what would be good filter media? Carbon, ammonia pellets, BioZorb, Etc? Thanks!

[marisa]

Mechanical (some kind of sponges) media and biomedia, the more the better.

[BullDog]

Yup, mechanical and biomedia are your main media. I've also got carbon in mine.

In mine I have:
Top: Fluval Prefilter (which I don't recommend) and a green scrubbie.
Middle: Carbon + bioballs
Bottom: Biomax.

Some people skip the carbon. It's really a personal choice. Feel free to experiment, and find what works for you.

[papoopeepoo]

In mine I have:
Top: Fluval PreFilter (which I also don't recommend for this filter)
Middle: Bonded filter pad (the blue filter)
bottom: biomax, biomax, and more biomax.

Pretty soon I'll be taking out the PreFilter, moving the filter pad up to the top, then filling the bottom 2 areas the rest of the way with bio-media. I keep my chemical filtration in my sump so I can maneuver it however I like without taking the FX5 apart and messing with the BioMedia.