Fluval FX5 Bubbles?????

Way to step in makinITwork!

Living up to your name! ;D

Good stuff.

 

i have a 32w bulb on the 12x twist. and thanks for the filter part that was the problem

 

Glad to hear it. Good to know..
That is a cool filter.

 

FX 5 Bubble Problem fixed..
I had the small bubble problem with my FX5. Next time I cleaned the filter, I sprayed some PAM on my fingertips and rubbed it on all the rubber seals. Haven't had the problem since.

 

Interesting. What's in PAM?

 

pam cooking spray

 

My FX5 is driving me CRAZY. I had it for about 8 months now. I never had any problems with it, it would blow some microbubbles every few months and I would clean the filter and it was good to go. Well my pump went out, Hagen sent me a new one I installed it and changed the media. I use to have live rock rubble in my middle chamber, I took it out. Now all I have is the Carbon in the middle with a polishing pad (blue fluval) and some bio rings in the bottom. I put both the carbon and bio rings in the bags that come with them. The bio rings and the polishing pad are both something I never ran before. I cant get rid of the Microbubbles. I mix the media up, it works for a couple of days and the bubbles are back again. I am ready to toss it through the window!!!

 

IMO its one of two things. Its either your water pressure or the media! I personally have a combination of the two irritating me. During the day my water pressure is high (no bubbles!) but by 5pm the bubbles are back again. I imagine it will get worse when I add my uv sterilizer. Also cleaning you media is key, but expensive. Those polishing pads aren't cheap! Did I hear your guys correctly are people using the blue cleaning pads instead of polishing pads? Are they cheaper?

 

I just got off the phone with fluval. According to them when using chemi-pure media in the fx5 there are problems with micro bubbles. What a load of garbage.