Elf_Sprite
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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Hi, I'm new to the forum. I have an 8 gallon Biorb Flow with a betta (Cosmos) and three guppies (Iron Man, Falcon, and Hawkeye). I had a really pretty yellow mystery snail named Big Mama, but she passed away from old age (she was a big girl).
Cosmos is my third betta. He likes to dig at the bottom of the gravel and prefers to rest on the substrate of the aquarium instead of resting on plants or on decorations like my previous bettas (Patronus and Mr. Fabulous) and his fins are getting torn up by the ceramic media. Also, he doesn't seem to like the moving water in the Biorb Flow. So I'm wanting to take out the ceramic media and put in an internal Aqueon AT10 filter and rounded glass pebble media substrate (3-6mm).
Has anyone done a filtration system conversion with their Biorb tank?
What do I do as far as dismantling the current filter system in the Biorb? I know small stones have a danger of getting stuck in the Biorb filter. I do want to use an airstone to oxygenate the tank. Would I keep the central tube and all that are in the Biorb, and just add the Aqueon filter? Or is it better to remove the central tube and filter, and keep the Biorb airstone plugged in? Would I unplug the Biorb airstone too, and just put in a separate airstone in the tank?
If I'm keeping the Biorb airstone and tube set up for oxygen, do I remove the sponge and carbon particles from the center of the Biorb? If I continue to use the Biorb airstone, can I use the glass media stingrays I want to (3-6mm gravel) or would I also need to use larger substrate to keep it from getting stuck?
Thank you!
Cosmos is my third betta. He likes to dig at the bottom of the gravel and prefers to rest on the substrate of the aquarium instead of resting on plants or on decorations like my previous bettas (Patronus and Mr. Fabulous) and his fins are getting torn up by the ceramic media. Also, he doesn't seem to like the moving water in the Biorb Flow. So I'm wanting to take out the ceramic media and put in an internal Aqueon AT10 filter and rounded glass pebble media substrate (3-6mm).
Has anyone done a filtration system conversion with their Biorb tank?
What do I do as far as dismantling the current filter system in the Biorb? I know small stones have a danger of getting stuck in the Biorb filter. I do want to use an airstone to oxygenate the tank. Would I keep the central tube and all that are in the Biorb, and just add the Aqueon filter? Or is it better to remove the central tube and filter, and keep the Biorb airstone plugged in? Would I unplug the Biorb airstone too, and just put in a separate airstone in the tank?
If I'm keeping the Biorb airstone and tube set up for oxygen, do I remove the sponge and carbon particles from the center of the Biorb? If I continue to use the Biorb airstone, can I use the glass media stingrays I want to (3-6mm gravel) or would I also need to use larger substrate to keep it from getting stuck?
Thank you!