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| Posted | seeding a new filter |
| 01-05-2007 20:05 by Elmo |
What methods do people use to seed a new filter with an old filter from a mature tank, Do you cut some sponge from the mature or do you squeeze some of the filter contents into the new sponge, Mature (juwell and a ehiem) new (fluval 2 for a smaller tank) |
| 01-05-2007 20:20 by diane |
I used to replace one sponge with a new sponge and have one new sponge and one old sponge in each filter, if only one sponge then cut it in half and the same with a new sponge. |
| 01-05-2007 20:58 by tasha |
if i was putting a new filter in i would get the new sponge and put it in the tank for a week and leave rhe new filter running with no sponge |
| 01-05-2007 22:40 by Elmo |
i am setting up a new tank 2ft to put my baby koi angels and baby bristlenose into, from my main tank, i want to seed the fluval filter in the new tank from the juwel or eheim in my main tank. |
| 02-05-2007 20:57 by mark770 |
If you have the option, you could use gravel from a mature tank as some filter media to kick start as the gravel is great for holding bacteria |
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