I'm not sure the best place to post this... here or in filters? Move it accordingly, if you'd like.
I mentioned before that my XP4 canister cracked and leaked water all over the place for the second time. I am currently trying to get a warranty claim processed, but in the meantime I ordered an FX6 because I really don't trust the XP4 to not flood my entire study again. I was excited about the FX6 capacity and it really sounds like a workhorse, but when it got here I found myself thinking.. well.. it's ugly.
The filter is an eye sore to be sitting next to my aquarium in one of the main rooms in the house. It's too big to fit in the cabinet, and I have no idea how to hide it so that it's not visible.
Even the tubes are an eye sore? Why black and not clear tubing like the XP4? It looks like a little shop-vac plugged into my tank lol.
It's huge?! It's even bigger than I was expecting, and I was expecting it to be big. How exactly do you guys clean these things out? I carried my XP4 to the bathroom to clean it out before. I also had a tupperware underneath the XP4 in case of a leak (not that it did me a lot of good when the thing split higher up on the canister and sprayed everywhere like an angry can of coke). I can't find anything big enough to even put under this to contain spillage. I probably need to watch some videos or something.
There are just my initial thoughts as I'm trying to figure out where to put this so I can cut the cords down and get it up and running. The backup XP3 is starting to feel overwhelmed (again), much like me. Ha. Thanks in advance for all your continued help. I really do appreciate having somewhere to go to talk to folks about this kind of stuff.