Newbie Question.

[duncantse]

Right now I have a powerfilter in my FOWLR. I have sponges in the filter and ceramic rings. The rings cover my whole filter so do I need to put my rings in a bag? Or can I just leave it bagless?

 

[cmor1701d]

I believe the rings should be bag less

 

[dudeofrude]

I have the same things in mine, they aren't meant to be in a bag, wouldn't work otherwise.

 

[duncantse]

I wonder how you clean your ceramic rings if not in bag.

 

[joy13]

You are going to have to keep the rings and sponges very clean or you will have a nitrate factory on your hands. Personally I would keep them in a bag and rinse very well when I do a water change. The sponges the same way. With the type of filter you have make sure you keep up on water changes.

 

[duncantse]

One more question, Can I ditch the 2 chemical sponges?

 

[melosu58]

Moved to General Hardware and equipment discussion

 

[BigJim]

If the rings are the prefilter, go bagless. If they're the biomedia, I prefer to bag them for easier maintenance.