I know most people on this site rate the FX5 very highly and a second hand FX5 has been offered to me at a good price, only been used for 4 months they say. Just wanted to ask all u FX5 users out if it makes any noise when in operation?
Cheers

Mine is TOTALLY silent!!! No noise unless there is air in the system!

Terrible when u get a little bit of wind in ur system hunni Then we all make a little bit of noise.....

its probably air cought in the system
gotta plug and unplug the unit a couple times
if that dont help then let it run itslef for 24hours
and if that dont help
then u may have to much media in the basket (filled to high) cause i no u need to leave some space
last time i did this and and air would keep getting trapped in the system.. tore it all apart took some media out and everything was back to normal.
hope this helps

It should run silently

my fx5 has been running silently for about 20 months now. and i even use a sand substrate that my oscars seem to love spitting into the intake pipe........

thats great news, i'm going to snag myself a bargin......didnt think they would be noisy due to how much people rave about them but thought i might aswell double check first. Cheers guys

Good luck!

try to test it for a while. the old fx5 had a bad micro chip and it stared to cut out after a few minutes use. on start up it should run for 2 mins then stop for a min before restarting. fairly silent running and no more nosier than any other good pump. they do take on more air if the hose isn't run correctly or they need cleaning/not sitting on flat ground. remember a new one costs £130. for the money you get a very good filter.

There is one on ebay with 1 day left @ £60 if anyone is looking to get one of these.

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x2 with marcus the new ones i have are brill