If you’re an aquarist who needs the absolute best water quality for your corals, sensitive fish, or messy reptiles, high capacity canister filters like the Fluval FX6 are the obvious choice. It will help trap waste and keep your water nice and clear. And it’s got so much room for biomedia that it should be able to handle a ton of fish. I’d say this filter does its job and then some, big time! Maintenance: How To Clean Your Fluval FX6 Canister Filter

While filtration is what it excels at the Fluval FX6 is designed for efficient long-term maintenance as well. For example, the filter includes a Purge Valve on the base so you can drain the filter without removing the lid.

Most Common Fluval FX6 Problems and Troubleshooting Guide

In our opinion, the Fluval FX6 is a beautiful looking product that won’t be an eyesore if you decide to keep it out in the open.

The Fluval FX6 is designed to aid aquarists with more than just filtration. Several design features help expedite weekly and monthly maintenance, like the Purge Valve located at the base of the unit. The Fluval FX6 filter also has different settings based on your aquarium’s and fish’s demands achieved by dual output nozzles. This means you can also ensure that filtered water is released in all regions in addition to directing the current where it is needed most in your aquarium to keep it clean. Common Fluval FX6 Problems and Solutions Denitrifying bacteria are especially important and something few aquarists consider. These bacteria are anaerobic, meaning they find oxygen poisonous. The larger pores most biological filtration media contain provide too much flow and don’t allow anaerobes to colonize. In general, the Fluval FX6 is a very quiet filter. However, if you hear noises coming from your Fluval it may be for the following reasons; Hopefully, you’ve read the manual and realize that your filter is meant to turn off every 24hours to purge. Any trapped air.Catering for large home aquariums, the Fluval FX6 has been designed with some great features. Its powerful integrated motor re-circulates 2,130lts of water every hour, enought to keep a 1,500lts aquarium clean and healthy. The unique, intelligent smart pump technology used means that you just add water and plug the filter in, no need for manual siphoning. It comes with some very effectiveaqua stop valveswhich make using the filter a breeze. You can easily stop thewater flowwithout having to risk damage or and stray water escaping one of the components. By comparison, the noise from the SunSun filter I also tested was 56.4. That might not seem like that much, but the decibel scale is logarithmic, so each decibel point you go up is 10 times louder than the point below it. This filter is also amazingly quiet; I measured only 50.0 decibels. It’s much quieter than the SunSun, which produced 56.4 decibels. The FX6 was even quieter than the much smaller Fluval 407, which was almost 20 times louder at 51.9 decibels. Staying with the Aqua Stop Valves may be used to regulate the flow and stop the water from flowing entirely. Change the flow rate by turning them to a smaller degree rather than 90 degrees. If you’re using the Fluval FX6 filter on an aquarium with a capacity of fewer than 400 gallons, this is a particularly useful feature. Multiple-Directional Output