Fluval Spec V Media Basket

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This is a media basket for the popular Fluval Spec V 5 gallon tank. This tank is great but the stock filter insert is almost useless. This is my first ever design and I had ZERO experience with CAD prior to this design so please excuse the uneven or improperly centered holes and shelves. I have yet to learn how to do 99% of what CAD can do ... LOL Version A of the main body does not have a support. In my case when I printed it the print deformed a little which became an issue. Version B was created with an added bar on top to avoid the above issue. Users can either keep the bar after printing or just cut it off like I did. I did not use support when printing the main body for the groves the slider fits in. It did require some cleaning out of loose strings. Support would probably be a good idea. Both options have 3 shelf positions so the user can decide the size of the media compartments depending on their particular use. Only two shelves would typically be needed to separate the Mechanical/Biological/Chemical filtration sections (Mech/Bio/Polish in my case). I printed in PETG but it should be fine in PLA Needed to Print: 1x FluvalSpecVMediaBasket-MainBody (VerA or VerB) 1x FluvalSpecVMediaBasket-FrontSlider 2x FluvalSpecVMediaBasket-Shelf