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Post Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:35 pm   I *heart* My FX5 lol

It sure is amazing that the water stayed clear when the pads look like this after you open it up lol. I really pushed the filter.

I should have cleaned it a 2 months ago but i didnt want too because all my turtles got moved outside yesterday and I didnt feel like cleaning it in freezing weather lol. So now my FX5 gets a couple months of rest ^_^


WHERE IS MIKE ROWE- I GOT A DIRTY JOB FOR HIM!!!!!!

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Post Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 6:58 pm   

LOL I LOVE DIRTY JOBS

i plan to watch that show in an hour

but yea last time i changed my filter it looked exactly like that and smelled horrible

good thing it stayed in the filter
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Post Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:17 pm   

right now im pushing the filter. i havnt changed it since like February. and it still looks clean. but the filter bio media is destroyed. and by destroyed i mean really really brown and dirty. if i could id be calling mike rowe month after month cleaning this stuff...

btw i love that show! :D
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Post Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:18 pm   

redearslider.com convention

guest staring mike rowe?


MAKE IT HAPPEN STEVE!
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Post Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:27 pm   

lol i 2nd that. and he can come to all of our houses and clean our filters :D.

although, idk if my dad would want him in the house. he might think i wanna keep him... lol
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Post Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 9:58 pm   

hahaha. painteds i did the same thing with my filter but my filter was a smaller canister but that is just wow. FX5 is beast.
my xp3 is still pretty good though
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Post Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:45 am   

Wow! Mine have never been that bad! How many months is that and how many turtles in the tank?
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Post Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:58 am   

looks like choco cake
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Post Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 2:06 am   

Lilsaint wrote:looks like choco cake


nowhere near choco cake. not even talking about the smell! :lol:
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Post Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:09 am   

Sir Max wrote:redearslider.com convention

guest staring mike rowe?

MAKE IT HAPPEN STEVE!


Ha ha, I don't make anything happen.



How long does it take you to clean the FX5?
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Post Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:59 am   

steve wrote:How long does it take you to clean the FX5?


I dont time myself but it takes a good while at least 30mins. Also since im no longer using it, everything sat out in the sun until everything was dry and packed back into the box. So it was an all day thing technically.
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Post Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:48 pm   

How often should you clean the FX5? I looked through the directions and couldn't find anything.
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Post Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:28 pm   

I clean mine about once every 3 months, give or take.
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