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[dja3617]

I did a 20% water change and I noticed that my filter media was floating high in the filter so I pushed it down and now a bunch of brown particles are floating and covering everything in my tank what do I do???

 

[Mebbid]

heh it's not a big deal just siphon it out an you will be fine. It's also a good idea to swish the filter pad around in old tank water to clean it about once a month. Just make sure its water from the tank and nowhere else.

 

[phishfriend]

Sounds like it may be waste that had settled in the bottom of your filter. Next time you do WC. Pull your filter pads out and rinse then in a bucket of the water you are pulling out of the tank. Do not use tab water. Use can you water siphon to pull the the debris in the tank out.

 

[Fishlover3578]

I once got old filter pads to speed up my tank cycle ad had gotten a Betta as well. Betta tank fell spilt out completely so I took the filters squeezed out some water and Betta was in water from the 6 month old filters for 10 min and still lives today