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Post Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:22 pm   My early xmas gift to Ralph, and myself...

Ok, perhaps more for myself ;)

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That's right, the mother of canister filters, the Fluval FX5.
Don't get me wrong, my 404 was still operational, doing a satisfactory job, but it was requiring more and more babying. Big Al's had them on sale for $249, and I got a nice juicy GST (or was it PST?) rebate cheque.

Did a 90% water change, and even scrubbed his rocks.

"Please to let me out of clear box now?"
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Does that look good under is tank, or what?
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Ralph is basically oblivious, since his rock is in the same place :lol:
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Anyhow, it's my 2nd FX5, and I highly recommend them to anyone with a 55 gal or larger :)
­Ralpheal, "The 'L' is silent."
Frankie, "Young at heart."
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Post Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:52 pm   

i just ordered mine the other day!
i cannot wait for it to come.

just need it to come and to order media and i'm set :D
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Post Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:54 pm   

They're great! I used all the media from my 404, and it filled it up quite nicely!
­Ralpheal, "The 'L' is silent."
Frankie, "Young at heart."
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Post Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:54 pm   

Sweet!
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Post Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:28 am   

Lucky.
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..Russian Tortoise Big Moe
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Post Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:30 pm   

Congrats! That will be my replacement filter for my Rena XP3 if/when I need to replace it! I wish I spent my rebate check on useful things. ;)
JAX
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Post Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:51 pm   

Cool! He even got balloons! :lol:
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Post Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:51 am   

One other thing, which I just remembered as I was watching Frankie trying to lift her intake up (:roll:), I took the suction cups off Ralph's intake before I even put it in the tank. Just a tip for anyone who may be getting an FX5 :)
­Ralpheal, "The 'L' is silent."
Frankie, "Young at heart."
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Post Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:16 am   

Congrats to both of you!!!
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Post Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:07 am   

oh wow, thats nice. I need to get a canister filter. I placed an order for an Ehiem Pro but it was on back-order for 3 months. So I said, "forget it". I will check this one out though. Thanks for the tip.
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Post Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:46 pm   

I plan on saving a little bit of maney every time I get paid, when I get a job, and once I get to about $500 I'm going to Petsmart! :)
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Post Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:19 pm   

HA, your gonna LOVE it. I went from a...zoomed 501(on the 20 gal), a pathetic excuse for a filter, to the big bad FX5 on my 75 gal. and it's great.
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