Equipment Review and Discussion :: the Fluval fx5

[Pugness]

What would be the smallest tank to use this filter with would be?? I was thinking to use it with my 40 gallon because IM probably going to upgrade to a bigger one later on and i dont want to have to buy a bigger filter then.

[marisa]

It says it's for aquariums up to 1,500 liters, which would be roughly 400 gallons. A lot of filtration is good, but it sounds like too much for that 40 gallon. You could upgrade the tank first, then get the filter...

[Pugness]

What size tank do you think I should upgrade to?

[marisa]

OK, I've forgotten what size your turtles are, but if you use the 10 gallons of tank per inch of shell length, adding their shell lengths (w/o the curves) together and multiplying by 10, you'll have an idea of what they ideally should be in. But go as big as you can, because they'll grow.

[Pugness]

I mean, for the filter?? Would something around 90 gallons work or should i get somewhere around a 150 gallon, Im a marine and we dont really make that much cash and before i get this piece of equipment I wanna be ready with a tank that wont circulate the water too much that it will start creating whirl pools

[marisa]

The size of the tank depends on the size of your turtle (I don't know the size of yours). A 90-gallon tank would be good for up to around a 9-inch (shell-length) turtle. A good canister filter would work well in a tank that size. If you got a 150-gallon tank, I'd consider more than 1 aquarium filter (depending on the filter) or even a pond filter.

The tank does not circulate the water, the filter does.