Okay, I hope I did this right...I followed what I THINK were the directions in another thread about my filters.
This morning, I took the filter media (or is it medium) out of both the 5 and 10 gallon tanks. I dumped out the carbon and tossed it. I took the new floss stuff and put it on the frame that is inside the filter and took the old floss stuff and clipped it behind the new floss stuff.
Now, how long do I leave the old floss stuff in the filter? Or do I leave it until I replace the new stuff I just put in today? I read on here that the carbon wasn't necessary so I threw it all away.
I had a slight nitrite spike in the 5 gallon tank when I checked it today, so I did a 10% water change. The tank is a bit cloudy...sort of a whitish cloudy look. I think it might be an overfeeding bacteria bloom since all we have in there are 5 neons and 2 catfish and we're having a little trouble figuring out how much to feed such small fish. I'll just keep an eye on it for a few days.
Another question, sort of off the subject. The 20 gallon right now has 6 neons, 5 zebra danios, 2 blackskirt tetras, 1 goldskirt tetra, and 2 cory cats. I was considering a few silver dollars, but don't want to overload my tank. Any thoughts?
This morning, I took the filter media (or is it medium) out of both the 5 and 10 gallon tanks. I dumped out the carbon and tossed it. I took the new floss stuff and put it on the frame that is inside the filter and took the old floss stuff and clipped it behind the new floss stuff.
Now, how long do I leave the old floss stuff in the filter? Or do I leave it until I replace the new stuff I just put in today? I read on here that the carbon wasn't necessary so I threw it all away.
I had a slight nitrite spike in the 5 gallon tank when I checked it today, so I did a 10% water change. The tank is a bit cloudy...sort of a whitish cloudy look. I think it might be an overfeeding bacteria bloom since all we have in there are 5 neons and 2 catfish and we're having a little trouble figuring out how much to feed such small fish. I'll just keep an eye on it for a few days.
Another question, sort of off the subject. The 20 gallon right now has 6 neons, 5 zebra danios, 2 blackskirt tetras, 1 goldskirt tetra, and 2 cory cats. I was considering a few silver dollars, but don't want to overload my tank. Any thoughts?