Osage_Winter
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In my other thread in this section, we have been discussing which brand and model of filter I can choose to replace my Aqueons, which don't seem to be doing much of anything to keep my water clean, whether or not this is the single solitary culprit of the unclear water.
But something was brought up in another thread on a different forum regarding the kind of media my Aqueon QuietFlows use and I am a bit confused and concerned, quite frankly...I'm only using the cartridges which hold the floss and carbon that came with my filters right now, and from what I have learned, this is just "mechanical filtration" not "biological filtration"...so, do I need to stop using the cartridges that came with the units because perhaps it's these that are keeping the water from becoming clear?
But something was brought up in another thread on a different forum regarding the kind of media my Aqueon QuietFlows use and I am a bit confused and concerned, quite frankly...I'm only using the cartridges which hold the floss and carbon that came with my filters right now, and from what I have learned, this is just "mechanical filtration" not "biological filtration"...so, do I need to stop using the cartridges that came with the units because perhaps it's these that are keeping the water from becoming clear?