Fluval FX6 High Performance Canister Filter

Purchased this for my 5ft 490litre tank. Was set up and installed within 15 minutes! The usual fantastic fluval quality this was bought as an upgrade from the fluval 305 and the fx4. Only had it running 24 hours and can already see a huge difference in my water quality. Great flow rate and super quiet it's in my main sitting room and even with the television off you can't hear it. It comes with all the media you need to get up and running which is an added bonus! Iv took the new out and put my old in my previous filters just to stop a mini cycle happening but will slowly add the new over time. It's worth every penny in my opinion I have a community tropical set up I.e mollies, platys, neons and clown loaches and all of them love the flow off the filter. Very powerful bit of kit a must for anyone with a large tank ☺️

possibly the best filter I've ever owned.I had trouble with some other external filters not cleaning the water in my tank well enough so thought I'd go big and bought this one.I found it easy to put together ad I like the filter baskets easy removal.it is big, it didn't fit in my cupboard so had to build a new unit for it.it is a bit louder than my other smaller units but not too loud.I have sand instead of gravel in my tank and first of all, this did cause a problem with the motor, as the motor is placed at the bottom of the filter the sand can collect near the impeller which causes loud noise and can damage the impeller. It was easy to remove and clean and I haven't had any trouble with that sincei would definatly recomend any buy this

Brilliant! I bought this filter to replace an Ehiem Professional 4 plus 350 which refused to prime. In addition I needed to get rid of the useless lump a Juwel corner filter. I have large fancy goldfish and the Juwel filter just couldn’t cope. So I bought the biggest capacity filter I could find as I was fed up with unessesary water changes and the fish swimming around in filth. Despite hoovering the bottom of the aquarium on a daily basis. Another thing I hated about the Juwel filter is that there is a space under it and debris and sick fish seemed to love to sit under it.The Fluval FX6 is big but I managed to fit it under my aquarium but had to remove the shelf.Despite being a woman, I managed to set this filter up on my own, connect the hoses and fill it with water before turning it on. Fluval recommend you do this in one of their YouTube videos. All I had to do was to switch the unit on by plugging it in and wait. The filter will start up, then stop for a minute before running continually. So much easier to operate than the Ehiem. The Ehiem was a nightmare compared to this filter. I wholeheartedly recommend, brilliant and stress free set up :)

Well this arrived I didn't think it would look like a certain kind of hoover lol ,I greased all the o,rings don't forget to do it and propeller , I changed some media I put in some bio plastic pond media in with the media it came with I have plants no fish , it is realy quiet but I thought it would be more powerful for its size with my 4ft aquarium, thou it's powerful enough it's doing it's job il not know fully till fish are in it after a month of cycling the aquarium , the purge pipe outlet seems very fragile it's not tough plastic and you kind of get scared of putting it all together in case it snapsand instructions are to small to read but it's not rocket science to figure it out just look at the picture , I'm happy with it overall and I am surprised it realy quiet I hear the water more than the pump I would recommend to anyone else make sure you put it in another plastic container just in case of leaks or when you want to clean it out and have enough room at the side ,underneath or back of your tank to put it, the purge tap is a great idea of fluvals but a fast water change of a few jugs you don't need itbut great when you will ,I am glad I own iti only wish the pipes where better quality and not cheap plastic thou the purge pipe is better quality than the other pipes, a size down from the fx6 would also be suitable for a tank my size of 4ft but I'd rather this size to be right depending on the choice of fish and what they eat if you have guppies or tetras this is fantastic or even African rock chiclids mubuna,s choose this your choosing right fluval do great products thanks fluval they have been going long enough to know there reliable well my opinion I've not had problems touch wood,has thus for a while now no problems all is good its keep my tank very clean 4ft tank water is clear may need clean it in a month or two the idea of keeping it clean don't over feed feed only twice a day and hzvd cory Dora cat fish yo help clean it and dori g onions with roots in the water gor removing ammonia from water and see how they grow.

The media could not be loaded. Really loud motor brand new . Checked settup was fine checked impeller for manufacturer debri and black ceramic ring in impeller well . The Video attached is cannister running without media . The filter works but it's probably the loudest hum you will ever hear from a filter . Must have got a dud one sorting out a replacement as we speak will update if new one is as quiet as should be