If you're like me and want the most "hands off" turtle enviorment care then this filter is for you. When you pay cheap for a filter, you are going to do more work. This filter I only have to clean every 3 to 6 months.

Thank you. I just picked up and FX6 at Petsmart for $270. They had all Fluval filters on sale. Can’t wait to not have to clean my turtle’s tank every month!

Your videos are fantastic! I've been using a Fluval 407 for a 75 gallon tank and my Red Eared Slider, but I'm now aggressively seeking an FX6 for my girl. Thank you so much and please keep up the great work keeping the rest of us up-to-date!

Just got the FX6 today! Petsmart had it for $185, a Black Friday deal.

I was always worried about noise levels of the fx range and so steered away from spending so much on a mistake. But picked up second hand ,practically new fx6 and fx4 for £140, roughly 160 Dollars for both filters .Need not have worried ,just an inaudible hum when up close and near silence when cabinet doors are closed,excellent filters .They are both on a 125 heavily stocked south American tank ,and my water is crystal clear again 15min after feeding ,and very low constant water parameters. So for im over the moon with them.i have used several filters over the past 25 years ,and i have to say the two i bought certainly live up to the HYPE. Thanks for posting your video's and great content. All the best. Cheers .new subscriber.

This is the best filter ever for my 2 Red Eared Sliders. I've had mine about a year, and it works wonders at keeping my tank clean. It's well worth the money, and you really got a great deal on yours.

Used your advice. Played the game and got the discount but they only approved 1. Got the Fx4 for $180 as opposed to $250-$300. Thanks 🙏🏾

I watched one of your videos that I now can't find but it was when you had to move Moses out. You opened the door to your stand and showed your filter. I noticed beside the filter was an electrical outlet strip. I felt concerned that if should your filter leak at any point the water would hit that strip. Just because I didn't want to see anyone hurt, including the turtles I'm pointing this out to you so no harm comes to anyone. The electrical cords should have a loop so water will drip off at the loop point and not travel to the outlets. A great way to achieve this is to buy the 50 lb weight Velcro strips with adhesive back and attach it to the SIDE of your stand. This way when you plug in your cords, the loop falls below the strip and will drip on the floor or rug instead of in the outlets. Cuz I care. Great videos!!

I knew the fx6 was a good filter period, but it’s awesome to see a video for it with turtles. I just installed one on my 125gal with two pink bellied side necks. I have the fx4 on my 75gal with 4 red eared sliders and 1 eastern painted. All yearlings so they do have enough room for now. But that tank stays perfectly clear

Used your advice. I got a cool manager that allowed me to use 3 coupons for 60% off. Sale price was $350 so I ended up only paying $100

Thanks for the tip on the coupon game! I saved $125 on a FX4.

Thank you for the walkthrough just got the fx4 and was worried tube would go in if I didnt fill water all the way in tank

Lol he beat the system didn’t he thanks for sharing man

I just got mine for $170! My Petsmart is only going to carry its brand now so the fx6 was $199 plus I used a 25% coupon!

Thank you so much that will be the next filter I get but I'm just getting the hang of the one I have now penn-plax 1500. I rescued my turtle back in February in this is all so new it's a lot of work but she's worth it.

Great advice at the end of the video. I was having pressurizing issues on my DIY canister that I built 1 year ago for by 125 gal tank. The FX6 is the same physical size but wont fail as easy with power failure as my DIY did.

I love ur passion!

Thanks for the mobile coupon tip! The game is addictive as hell, and a great way to save money!

Use a eheim prefilter. Stick oase orange biomaster foams in it. Then wrap coarse black foam around it to hide it and catch any bigger dirt. This way you can keep inside of fx6 clean for longer and just pop off prefilter and clean out once a week

Good video with a lot of useful info

The Fluval FX6 changed my life. I lost hope during the dark times, the horrid 06 series! Our FX6 filters has no issues keeping our outdoor stock tank crystal clear. I love the variety of biomedia, sponges, and carbon bags you can place in for a custom project.

Just curious, where did you get that basking topper at?

Would a Fluval FX4 be enough for a 55 gallon tank?

You are amazing thanks!

I got the fx4

Just wait until you try an automatic filter roll

I recently adopted 2 sliders and the previous owner didn’t take good care of the turtles.. I’ve put them in a 75 gal tank and going to adopt alot of the setup you use. Winter is coming very fast and I need help finding a good heater for my new friends, any advice?

Aboutta try this at 3 different stores tomorrow😭. I’ll update how it goes💪🏽

I have a 75 filled full with a top for the turtle. I run a 407 and it works fine for a 75 with a turtle. I have a fx4 still in the box because I won’t need it.

would u happen to know if a o ring goes in the bottom grove inside the canister toward the bottom. trying to see if you would know fluval couldn't help me. and the lid does have its o ring on. ? shooting my shot here. lol

I tried today but the coupons don’t let you use all 3 anymore😞 still got the fx6 though!

I just purchased one FX6 for my 125 gallon tank with 2 red eared sliders. Should this one FX6 be enough to keep the tank clean?

Hi need help for my turtle tank I used to have a fluval 206 filter but after 4 day the water start smiling and and the filter are completely fill of gum. After this I buy a new filter a fluval fx4 but the problem is the same after a couple of days the water is smiling and all dirty. Any help on this what are a doing wrong here

You shoukd do a video showing how to clean the FX 6. When it come to turtles is there beneficial bacteria? Or, should the filter just be throughly cleaned ?

Hi I have a red eared slider for the past 18 years now and the FX6 has been out go to. I'm recently upgrading her to a 150 gallon tank with more tank mates since she doesn't eat fish weird, I know. I also added an additional 2 FX 6 so 3 total. What media would you suggest for all 3 to keep the water clear and clean for her and the fish. Which included tiger barbs,clown loach a pleco 2 fire mouth Cichlids and a few large gold fish.

How much water do you have to have in your tank like for a 75 gallon tank? Thank you

Kinda wish the input and output valve were a different design. difficult to pop them off when the Fx6 is under the tank. Instead of having to push in the button and pull/push it up, shouldve just been a lever of some kind. something easier to handle.

Hi there, appreciate your work and videos, thank you. Like a champ I’m halfway through building new under tank cabinet, the can’t-readily-modify halfway. Then i thought i should really double check fx6 dimensions, planning to buy (costly in NZ, but hey). Could you please measure really accurately a width by length ? I have 15.669 inches by 17.559 inches. That’s 398mm by 446 mm. I’m good for height, for width the specs on website say 400mm by 400mm so I’m hoping i can squeeze. Please help if you have time, cheers, chris

For a 75 gallon tank will the fx4 work just as good? Since it is cheaper in price?

great review, I really want one of these for my tank but not sure if it will fit in my stand, if you don't mind could you let me know what the narrowest width of the filter is, I've searched everywhere but for some reason the only measurement I can find is across the filter with the pump sticking out and not across the narrowest point of the filter which seems to be the width of the lid, thanks and again great review.

What are you think about the F4 though because I just bought that one

Hello Mr. Llyt, I have 3 big red eared sliders. I was wondering if I have to keep my canister filter on all the time or only till the water is visibly clean. Hope you could guide a little!

I am having issues with my canister being loud and blowing small bubbles occasionally. Just set it up. I do have the water down a few inches, in order to have room for the turtles to exit the water. Fluval says that water must be filled to the top, there must be air being sucked through the rubber to hose connector on the top of the intake or outtake. Any ideas? Without changing my water level.

Hello thanks for the nice vedio . Can I use a silicon hose instead of the orginal hose ? And what is the size of the hose . Thanks

In your 100 gallon pond, how long do you have to open the canister to clean it?

How often do you have to change the water?

Using a effects for on my 40 gallon filter with three baby turtles and my water looks so disgusting I don’t know if it’s working or if it’s not my water is yellow and it’s blurry and when I looked down on the floor I don’t have to say anything else but I feel like it’s not really doing anything either

This Polar Aurora seems to have more space for the media FX is wasting so much space for all those useless trays in the middle Why not just cut all those trays in the middle and make one big space for the huge bag of bio It would fit 16 lb of Matrix That’s what I did

Does the fx6 have to be stored under the tank for gravity feed reasons? I just got one (thanks to your idea). Btw, on the phone they said I wouldn’t be able to use multiple coupons but I wanted it enough that I decided I would just do it anyway. When I got there I asked again and the cashier let me use a 25% and a 20% so I got it for $220 about. Thanks for the tip! I’m thinking of having it set right next to the tank. I know that’s not typical. Any problems with that?

Would you recommend this for 4 red eared sliders in a stock tank? (100-170 gals max)

Would the fluval fx4 work good for a 100 gallon turtle tank?

What filter floss do you use and how often do you have to change it?

Where did you buy the house for the turtle

Now if my tank sits on the floor, will this filter work? That would mean the filter would be sitting beside the tank on the floor?

280$?

hello I'm currently building a 55 gallon tank for 1 red eared slider. Would this be ok for that or should I get a smaller filter. What do you recommend?

Omg the price this world hate the poor

May be it's time to get a bigger tank for that turtle...

Do you know if there is a Fluval for a 40 galloon tank?

Will you be selling that turtle platform?

I notice that you have the out take nozzle quite high. I just installed mine with it close to the bottom thinking that will get all of the particles at the bottom of the tank. With it as high as you have it does it get all of the stuff at the bottom? Also, how does your turtle not eat the fish?

Is the filter noisy? I like a quiet filter

I'm setting up a 100 gallon tank for 1 Red Ear Slider, and I don't plan on getting any more turtles in the future. Would the FX6 be overkill and maybe FX4 more suitable?

What kind of fish do you have in there with ur turtle? We have a map turtle :)

Eheim do a version of this that is better. Holds a lot more biomedia too.

I have 5 big water-Turtles. I bought a 120gallon Cattle water/stock tub.. will this model of filter be sufficient for this Tub ?

Hmm, I've got a 150 gallon for my mississippi map turtle. She's about 1.5 inches. 75 gallons for an adult Red Eared Slider seems extremely small in my opinion. Hopefully you're planning to upgrade very soon.

How to get discount: Abuse the system, use discounts that no longer exist (which can't be legally combined), & trick an employee to break the rules for you. Glad I waited 23 mins for that 😓

It’s over 400$ now

Wowza dude …. Overkill and Overpriced in our opinion….but hey better to have too much than not enough if you wanna spend the money on this thing

These filters are junk. The design is great and all, but you WILL have to replace the motor many times, and at 160$ a pop you will quickly wish you had spent the extra time and money at the original setup and gone with a sump.

What size Sintered Pearl-Shaped Glass media do you suggest for the FX-6?