Buy Hagen Fluval Canister Filter Fx5 On Sale, Review The fx5 comes with hoses too. You will need to purchase some carbon at least to obtain it up and running. Oh yea, and also the pump is silent. One more thing make shure this large pump fits! This filter functions excellent, would recommend it to anyone having a big tank, ours is 150 gal. It is big but it functions perfect, crystal clear water.

I have the hose coiled around in the bottom of my stand it’s so long. Every night it shuts off to let the air bubbles escape and then turn back on. You don’t have to complete anything to start it. So far their have been no leaks or mechanical failures. It’s very big though, which to me is a good thing. Read the rest of this entry