DeirdreHoyle
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Hello All,
I have a 25 gal community tank and I just put in a new HOB filter. I had a Fluval Penguin 200 bio-wheel filter because when I got the tank (off craigslist) I thought it was a 40 gal. I bought the filter and set up the tank and a few months later I measured it and found out it's actually only 25 gallon. I've had the tank for almost a year, water parameters are all great. The Fluval stopped working a few days ago and I bought an API Superclean power filter. I put the new filter in yesterday but since the filter cartridges from my old one are so much bigger, I couldn't put that in the new one to hold the bacteria. So I just took the wheel from my old filter and stuffed it in the back of the filter (see picture).
Is this an ok way to keep my bb so I don't re-cycle my aquarium?
I have a 25 gal community tank and I just put in a new HOB filter. I had a Fluval Penguin 200 bio-wheel filter because when I got the tank (off craigslist) I thought it was a 40 gal. I bought the filter and set up the tank and a few months later I measured it and found out it's actually only 25 gallon. I've had the tank for almost a year, water parameters are all great. The Fluval stopped working a few days ago and I bought an API Superclean power filter. I put the new filter in yesterday but since the filter cartridges from my old one are so much bigger, I couldn't put that in the new one to hold the bacteria. So I just took the wheel from my old filter and stuffed it in the back of the filter (see picture).
Is this an ok way to keep my bb so I don't re-cycle my aquarium?