FX5 with HYDOR inline heater?

[four_by_ken]

well I would use 1" id bev tube from homedepo, and I will need 2 (Y) fittings that are 1" reduced down to 5/8" id, those might be hard to find right?

Nah, shouldn't be too hard.  And you want a Y for sure.

[greg y]

i"m confused

[Steve]

And you're missing my point, why purposely choke down the best filter on the market ?

why I purposely lessen your filtration on your fish tank ?  More us better.  Don't take away the safety factor for no reason at all.

Because who needs to have a tsunami in the tank??  My God man your way to stuck to making this into some technical deal more than it needs to be. Your not losing your filtration.....

Know what nevermind.

Greg I do mine with the inline filter and have zero filtration or NOTICEABLE flow issues, so do tons of other people. If you want to use the reducers I have extra and you can have a pair just let me know. If you want to do the "Y" thing there have been people that have done that, but then there have been those that said because you only have 50% of the flow running "through" the heater you get some bypass and not evenly heated right. Is that true? I dunno, all I know is there will always be different ways to do things and no one way no matter how it looks on paper is best. Do you lose "some" flow with reducers, yeah, is it enough to worry about? No.

With that I'm done with this discussion. I don't care for the direction it is going to be honest.

[greg y]

ok Steve, thanks buddy, sorry if I was throwing gas on the flames, I agree, more than one way to cook a goose ya know?

[VWalker]

That was a fun read. Lol.

Anyway, I enjoy doing custom works with the FX5. They does my water changes for me and I attached a fun but simple spray bar to one of them. As far as the reducing flow goes I get both sides of the fence of that argument. As long as you don't restrict the flow "too much" you avoid running the risk of prematurely burning out your motor.

[four_by_ken]

My intention was not to piss you off Steve.



I just dont understand how people will accept a reduced flow... for now reason when it is completely avoidable.

[greg y]

I think the best and simplest solution is to just leave the hydor on one of my slow flow cans and keep the fx5 stock and run both side by side.

It just sort of ruins my excuse with my fiance, because I told her after the upgrade I would sell my 2 eheim 2229's and my fluval 406 and we will have less clutter and all that.

;-)

But really if the hydor works best at a lower flow rate and I already have a can that is running that way, I might as well use it

[four_by_ken]

That's actually the best solution yet!!!

[VWalker]

That's actually the best solution yet!!!

I have to agree.