After modification you can make it hold roughly 10-12 liters of media instead of just over 5. The Fx5 does a great job, however, using small partical filtration pads or filter fiber will clog up usually within a month. Now if you want good mechanical filtration, I would go with one of the three filters with higher flow rates. The Fx5 will less contact time, higher velocity and less media than the other Eheims listed Contact time with the media, water velocity through the media and the amount of media. In fact Both Eheims will kill the Fx5 at bio filtration because of a few things.
The Eheim 2080 is very good at bio filtration. If you have the money, go with the Eheim 2262. The Fx5 holds the least amount of media topping at almost 6 liters with a 600 GPH flow rate. The Eheim 2080 will have a flow rate less than 350 GPH and hold 12 liters of media.
Don't be fooled by the 900GPH marketing scam. Ehiem 2262 will hold I believe 18L of media and will have roughly the same flow rate as the Fx5 which will be around 500-700 GPH.
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