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Post Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 6:30 pm   Anyone know how tp use clear hose om the fx5 ?

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1 Male Mississippi Map/Mississippi
1 Female RES/Slidy.
1 DBT White Concentric Female/ Lucky
1 DBT Male/ Spots
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300 gallon indoor stock tank, FX6 & FX5 filters. Mega-Ray 100w UVB bulb.
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Post Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 6:31 pm   Re: Anyone know how tp use clear hose om the fx5 ?

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1 Male Mississippi Map/Mississippi
1 Female RES/Slidy.
1 DBT White Concentric Female/ Lucky
1 DBT Male/ Spots
(Housed in the same tank)

300 gallon indoor stock tank, FX6 & FX5 filters. Mega-Ray 100w UVB bulb.
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Post Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 6:33 pm   Re: Anyone know how tp use clear hose om the fx5 ?

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1 Male Mississippi Map/Mississippi
1 Female RES/Slidy.
1 DBT White Concentric Female/ Lucky
1 DBT Male/ Spots
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300 gallon indoor stock tank, FX6 & FX5 filters. Mega-Ray 100w UVB bulb.
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Post Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 6:44 pm   Re: Anyone know how tp use clear hose om the fx5 ?

1" ID vinyl hose can be used.
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Hardware: 75 gallon tank (21"H X 48"W X 18"D), FX5 filter with veipacray media setup, pool filter sand substrat, TurtleSafe halogen heat/UVA lamp and ReptiGlo 5.0 UVB lamp in ZooMed Dual Dome Fixture.
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Post Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 7:01 pm   Re: Anyone know how tp use clear hose om the fx5 ?

I'd use the reinforced 1" ID vinyl tubing as opposed to regular vinyl tubing for this or any filter. Regular vinyl tubing can easily kink, stopping water flow. The tubing that comes with the XP series filters is one of my biggest gripes with that filter. The tubing is really soft and pliable... and kinks easily if you have any slack. I leave a little slack in my lines so I can pull the canister body out of the cabinet when I need to service them.

Because of the ribbed tubing on the FX5, I would not suggest using some kind of hose barb adapter spliced into the line. As pridg mentioned... I'd just replace the entire length with 1" ID tubing if you need to.
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