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As Kris says but use a smaller diameter hose to get a lower syphon volume. I would have thought this would still be enough to remove most detritus and mulm and bits of plant and slower at removing the water. Andy

Jewel filters work from the top down on the sponge side as the fine poly pad is on the top for debris removal and the pump draws from the second box and pushes the water back out into the tank. Andy

How much is it at the LFS? You wouldn't have the postage cost then, or are they crazy expensive? Andy

Pretty sure Darrell (DW1305) was on about this type of filter. Might be worth sending him a PM. Andy

That's very impressive Ian. I got a 2nd hand JBL I think it was the e900 and fitted it to the mother in law's tank and I was very impressed with it. They seem very well made filters. Andy

I personally would set both up to carry out both tasks so if one ever stopped while you were out or away then you would still have both types of filtration even if it was less effective than before.

From my experience those internal Juwel filters clogged very easily so would not clean nowhere near as good as the JBL. The posts from the guys above make sense and what you are seeing is an improvement in flow relating to the filter "finding" hidden detritus. Andy

Should I be doing more than this, perhaps squeezing the sponges out each clean? I've gotten to wondering if my persistent battle against black beard algae is down to the filter maintenance being too light. I tend to squeeze out either 2 -3 of the 6 sponges I have in my Fx5 at any one time in...

I open my Fx5 every month to change the filter pad and I rinse half of the sponges in old tank water and change the carbon. Every so often I rinse the ceramic rings. I then refill with de-chlorinated tap water at tank temperature. This weekend I removed the motor and cleaned the impeller and...