One of the only honest, detailed reviews of the FX filters I've watched. Great job!

Nice video. Like the thoroughness of the review. I have an fx6 for my 75 gallon. Waiting for my cichlids to get larger before hooking it up. Keep up the good work.

Great video 👌. My friend changes his twice a year. He does however have a back up cannister in his tank plus wavemaker

I'd be super impressed too after 40 days it looked pretty clean 🤗🤗

Awesome filter, love mine.

I'm still using the FX5 in my 220gl.But after seeing some reviews on the FX6 was still undecided until seeing this video.My FX5 has been doing a awsome job ever since I installed in on my tank 7 or 8 yrs ago never any kind of a problem.With that said seeing the video has help me to go ahead and get the FX6 after all their systems do hold up and are reliable.Thanks for sharing

❤️ my FX6! Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful tank

Nice video! I find using the drain port on the FX6 will aid in getting most of the sediment out from the bottom of the canister. I love our 2 FX6's and I'll probably pick up a few more this year on Black Friday.

pretty clean with all those fish in that tank, I have a great filter but I think I want one of these.

I’m keeping my first mixed Malawi tank. All my cichlids are juvinile and tried to pick all males. My local store is really good to work with.

great video thanks for sharing 👍👍

Well done! I'm loving my FX6 as well, I think I will do poly fill or pinky filter next time!

Very nice

Yep you should empty the filter before to move or open, makes things easier. Take care the red sticks are reverted this is why you had to push them to close. You can deeper in washing filter media, bio as mechanical ones. The more stuff you put away the less nitrates you'll get to deal with. And do not worry with bacteria.. They are aerobic and particularly resistant..

Why did you not use the purge valve to drain the filter first ? That's what it is designed for. You can also use the purge valve to empty and refill the aquarium. I drain the filter first to clear most of the brown gunk into a bucket, i then drain some more from the tank into a clean bucket, when the filter is empty you can remove the media and rise it in the water you just removed to keep the bacteria from being killed off like tapwater would do. Some folks would yell about this but my personal choice is to use tankwater, unless you plan to replace the foams then it is not a topic to discuss. Put back together and use the purge valve to draw water back into the tank. Water changes and filter cleans are simple with this top quality filter. Takes me a very short time to maintain my 750l cichlid tank

Have you like the ceramic bio rings fluval supplied? Getting ready to set mine up tomorrow and have been debating on swapping it out with matrix instead.

your red handle are backwards

Nice video

I run two black sponges in each tray, bio load is managed and minimal rinsing every 6 months. Just did my second cleaning after having it a year. Any update on filter soon?

I would love one of these but as I use sand as a substrate I'm scared of destroying the impeller

I know regular canister water movement is from the bottom to up the pump, how does the water movement in fx6? From the outside in? Or from the outside chamber flow up and then in going down to the pump? Hence why the polishing floss is at the top?

I kind of expected there to be more detritus built up inside of the canister after 40 days considering your stocking levels haha. I have used those blue pads before in my FX6 and have even stuck them inside other canister filters like some of my smaller Eheim classics and they do a phenomenal job. I think I actually managed to get 3 or 4 months of use out of one of them! I could have probably have gotten more but I started to experiment with other "fine" mechanical media solutions. I found the best way to clean them was to beat them against the side of my bathroom tub hahahaha needless to say my girlfriend wasn't to happy about the mess.

Morning AL.. can't go wrong with the FX6.. I don't think I have ever heard any "cons" on them yet. Very well done review.. =D FYI..you really need to be rinsing your filter media with used tank water. Using tap water will kill any beneficial bacteria. If you aren't concerned with the colonized bacteria then it's ok. Very good video.. =D

I've had my fx6 for 2 years. never had to replace any sponges. my bottom tray is full of lava rock media pieces. middle is bio rings. because i have so much media, i just rinse all my sponges out in tap.

Hi I am going to set up fluval 406 tap water with seachem stability few ml is ok ?

Do I have to drain the water from the fx6 when I do regular maintenance ? I have hard time lifting this heavy beast ! I was planning to put the filter outside of the stand so I don’t hAve to carry it out from the stand for maintenance . Also I wish I don’t have to lift it to the sink ? I really don’t have the strength ! Can I just take out the baskets and rinse it in tank water without draining the water from the filter ??

how do you feel today with the fx6?

Any updates on the fx6?

I have been rinsing my filters in tap water for years and have never once had any problems !!! Just don't do a filter cleaning and a water change at the same time !!!

Nice bro...but what kind of fish you have? Is that african cichlid?

nice explanation in your tank did you use want kind of sand ? I did not see purigen in it ? is it ok to remove nitrite very well ? any way your explanation is very authentic keep it up

Good video, I love my FX6 as well. Something that may be more of an opinion or my OCD, is your red sticks/handles should be in the same direction as the trays. In the video you have them facing the opposite direction. Easier to handle when facing the other way. I tend to clean the impeller every other cleaning if anything to insure build up isn't affecting the impeller, or worse the motor. Something else, the power strip, you may want to have that higher than the filter or at least 6 inches above the bottom of the filter in case of leaks. Keep up the great work!

Nice video! Just wanted to warn you regarding the electrical wires on the floor! Hang them higher!

So you just washed the blue pad and didn't mess with anything else??

Wow that's very clean for 40 days! What are you feeding and how many times per day? If you don't mind me asking, maybe you could do a video on your choice of food and feeding that would be awesome and a big help to me and other tropheus keepers. Thank you

Great video but for me next time you clean the filter I wouldn’t do it on you kitchen bench where you prepare your meals 👍

I can wash with my sink but I have a full house carbon filter which removes all chlorine / Chlorimine

Good Morning Thank you very much for your update. Please I am new to fluval FX 6 can you be so kind and tell me where exactly to put the o ring seal for filter cover . Please thank you

thanks for sharing. am waiting until my African Cichlids get bigger then I purchased 2 of these 5 feet Aquarium

I wish that I could purchase an Fluval FX6 😔

Looks like a quality piece of equipment overall those small handle´s you forgot to put down just look a bit flimsy or is that just me ?

One fine pad 😳😳😳😳 the tank would have lots of solids floating around in the tank you need to add more in there

40 days? Yet i see your canister is still quite clean

But it seemed like u had sand all over the place?

If it's not very dirty after 40 days then that's bad ? Means it's not cleaning very well ? Guess you means its big so don't need to clean out as often, I hope lol

hows the filter noise?

That looks heavy full

Should wash the filter with tank water not tap water

Washing your filter pad is a violation! I know you said you don't care about the bio but you should. Bio is the most important part of filtration. just sayin!

All that good bacteria down the sink.

Nooooooooooooo! Never wash any part of a bio filter with tap water.

Bio area is very limited ， outside consider size occupy a lot of space , it is very inefficient filters

Dude, I’m sorry to point this out but you’ve got a ton of bad information on the FX6. I run several FX6’s and could spend half an hour listing all the things that are wrong in your video but I’ll just give you one little example and then suggest that you do more research, watch more videos and you’ll do a lot better with your fish keeping. So, the little red handles that you had trouble “knocking down and seating” when putting your filter back together, it’s because both are in backwards and each need to be rotated 180 degrees so that the curve of the handle aligns with the curve of the filter trays. Also, your filter is very dirty and the sand you talked about in the bottom of the canister is now completely mixed between the outer and inner chambers because putting the trays back in “dirty” forces water displacement and currents that move the sand and detritus where it shouldn’t be, and which can damage the pump impeller. I would suggest that you clean the filter thoroughly including unscrewing the motor and cleaning the impeller. There are some excellent KZfaq videos on FX6 care and cleaning, but unfortunately yours is not one of them. But, you’ll get better!!

Wait till these little fish grow up, if they get double in size you'll notice things start getting dirty sooner than later.

Wow what a horrible design. Why would the motor be at the bottom where heavy debris can get sucked into the impeller or motor. Damn so glad I did not go this route.