drewhosick
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Mar 8, 2015
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So I am new to the hobby and I've probably screwed up a few times so far but the fish are still living.
I have 3 plattys in a 10g tank for 2 weeks now
Anyways, it's been cloudy and I've had a few issues with water leaking over the back of the filter if I've put the cover on the filter a few minutes to make water changes. Long story short though I noticed that the water was coming overtop the biobag instead of through it. It's like the filter can't handle the flow. I took the biobag out and without knowing I shouldn't do this, I cleaned it under tap water because I thought it was cause it was so dirty that it was causing the issue of flowing over.
now if I pull the bag out about an 1/8 of an inch it seems to not flow over but I'm guessing some water is flowing under the biobag so it's still not getting clean. Is this common or is it a big deal if some water flows over the bag and so forth?
Also is it true you're not suppose to change the filter bag once a month because Tetra's site says they should be replaced once a month.
I have 3 plattys in a 10g tank for 2 weeks now
Anyways, it's been cloudy and I've had a few issues with water leaking over the back of the filter if I've put the cover on the filter a few minutes to make water changes. Long story short though I noticed that the water was coming overtop the biobag instead of through it. It's like the filter can't handle the flow. I took the biobag out and without knowing I shouldn't do this, I cleaned it under tap water because I thought it was cause it was so dirty that it was causing the issue of flowing over.
now if I pull the bag out about an 1/8 of an inch it seems to not flow over but I'm guessing some water is flowing under the biobag so it's still not getting clean. Is this common or is it a big deal if some water flows over the bag and so forth?
Also is it true you're not suppose to change the filter bag once a month because Tetra's site says they should be replaced once a month.