The xP2 is the second largest model of the filstar. The other Filstars are very similar and are rated (by the Manufacturer)

• xP1 - 250gph (up to 45G tropical or 25G goldfish tank)
• xP2 - 300gph (up to 75G tropical or 30G goldfish tank)
• xP3 - 350gph (up to 175G tropical or 35G goldfish tank)
• xP4 - 450gph (up to 265G tropical or 45G goldfish tank)

Filstar xP1. Picture by GoldLenny

Fully assembled xP2 (side view)

Fully assembled filter (front view)

Intake tube of filter in the aquarium (front view)

Cleaning the xP2:

Here is how I have my media baskets set up:

• Bottom basket, bottom compartment: Two coarse filter sponges (supplied with the purchase of the filter).
• Bottom basket, top compartment: Two fine filter sponges (supplied with the purchase of the filter).
• Top basket, bottom compartment: Polyfiber pad (supplied with the purchase of the filter.
• Top basket, top compartment: Stuffed as much Fluval Bio-Maxx Biological media in there as I could (2 500g boxes).

Quick-Disconnect valve on top of impellor housing. This allows you to cut off the water flow to easily clean the filter without having the need to prime the filter again.

The underbelly to the impellor housing with the impellor cover on:

Impellor cover off, showing the cover on the right, with the impellor in the housing on the left. The impellor cover easily twists off, giving access to the impellor itself.

Impellor out of housing. Impellor cover on the right, impellor in the middle, and impellor housing on the left. A filter brush will clean it out easily.

Close up of the impellor and impellor cover

Looking into the filter. Very dirty top of filter baskets. This must be on top of all of the filter baskets. The impellor housing fits into the ring.

Filter basket off

Very dirty polyfiber pad. Polyfiber pad can be cleaned in dechlorinated tap water or old tank water. Just give it a good swish or squeeze in the water and it will be good as new.

Fluval BioMax Biological Media. The biomedia can be swished in old tank water or dechlorinated tap water.

Clean polyfiber pad. The pad was cleaned in discarded tank water.

Clean polyfiber pad going back into the top basket.

The cleaned BioMax media is placed back on top of the rinsed polyfiber pad

Cleaned fine filter sponges that help with the mechanical and biological filtration

Cleaned coarse filter sponges. Coarse and Fine filter sponges can be cleaned in old tank water or dechlorinated tap water. Give them a couple of good squeezes to get most of the particulates out of the sponges.

The coarse filter sponges have been placed back into the bottom media basket. Coarse and fine filter sponges remove solid particulates from the water.

The last item to put back are the fine filter sponges on top of the coarse ones.

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