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yes that order will work just make sure you rinse the pellets and new sponge to get the stuff of them. DO NOT do anything to the old sponge. just keep it in old tank water while doing the swap.

you just move the tube to the right to reduce the flow

just a question about your advice any reason the old sponge should be right ontop of the other when i had set mine up i had originally planed to squeeze the sponge before i thought oh i can stick it...

just wanted to chime in on the water change thing . When i was doing lots of really large or medium sized ( 50-75 %) water changes recently on my 20 gallon high . i was lugging 5 gallons at a time...

it SHOULD i am not entirely possitive but my aquaclear 50 cam with 1 sponge 1 carbon bag 1 biomax all sized for the filter . so i am assuming yours will come with one of each. instead of using the...

semi offtopic :D , but ive been feeding my 12 long fined black skirt tetra's 5 times a day ( i read 3-5 times a day is suggested for them ) mostly flake and freeze dried bloodworms / brine shrimp...

dunno what your feeding schedule is like but that .50 ammonia could of been due to feeding a hour less (guesstimate) before you tested and its not yet converted into nitrites and then into nitrates....

i just gently took it out of the plastic holder and folded it in half and stuck it in my new aquaclear media tray. my aquaclear 50 came with a bag of carbon in the box(they use a different type of...

your in the middle of your cycle just keep up with your water changes. Keep watching your ammonia is being converted by Bactria into nitrites should start to see nitrates sooner or later and 0...

no problem man had a lul at work and was checking around the forums and i am a fairly patient person. looking forward to your photos when i get home later.

thanks yeah i was doing a water change in a hour or so after i took the picture and removed the dead stuff.

your filter should have one infront of where the carbon bag goes. That is where most of your BB (beneficial bacteria) is going to be growing on the foam , an what you're going to want to swap.

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your filter doesn't have one of these ?

http://i.imgur.com/dmO8vfk.jpg one the back left i was told is water sprites by my cousin from his tank its a cutting theirs another tiny one that you may see but it was mostly a leaf. the ones to...

theirs no sponge infront of the carbon ? i can't recall what type of filter you have currently. i was assuming most hang back filters have a mechanical (sponge in a plastic thing ) that goes infront...

best thing you could do is physically take the entire sponge out of the plastic thing that i am assuming is holding it and include it in one of the stages on the tray in the new filter. mine is...

by not efficient you mean amount of time to fill and or in general time taken overall? i mean its more about not doing the exercise + lugging buckets imo id rather sit in the room reading a book...

thanks for your input as far 'alone' someones always here when i am so could have me up here + someone in the kitchen. i am sure they would rather me bug them to do that briefly for draining and...

so i was looking at the python as a potential solution to my problem vs lugging buckets across the house to refill tanks. I normally siphon out my window + lug clean water back up here via 5 gallon...

http://i.imgur.com/OtZPLvS.jpg after i took some leaves / cleaned it up a bit

you have horrible tap water then like i do ( i don't have ammonia on my tap though). You may want to look into getting a algae scrubber to help remedy that nitrate problem. Its rather hard to do...

yeah it has alot more room comes with a tray, from bottom to top it goes. mechanical (the sponge it comes with ) - chemical (they give you a bag of carbon id just save this for if you ever have to...

i would get a aquaclear brand filter :) http://www.amazon.com/AquaClear-20-Power-Filter-Includes/dp/B000260FVG and replace the second stage of the filter tray which normally for chemical filtration...

any amount is harmful once the bond breaks after the 24-48 hours is over. you could add the prime directly to the tank to insure all the ammonia is detoxed. which like you said your doing a PWC...

1. it will detoxify 24-48 hours and it will still come up on a test.

2. prime works pretty fast. but you should still wait awhile for the tank to stabilize and recirculate after you change the...