Hi.
Can anyone advise me how often to a) rinse and b) renew the various pads in my filter? I have a 50l Juwel tank with a built-in filter system, inside there are two thin white pads on top (about 5mm thick) then a couple of thicker stiffer black ones (each a couple of centimetres thick) then a blue one at the bottom.
At the moment I take the white ones out every week during the pwc and rinse them in the old water, I also renew them about every 3-4 weeks. The black ones have been in for about 8 months, I take one of them out about every 4 weeks and give it a squeeze in the old pwc water, but loads of black granules come out that look like they're supposed to be part of the filter (i.e. they don't look like bits of goldfish poo or decomposing food!).
The tank has one goldfish and 4 little minnows, I tested the water this morning and it's ammonia 0 nitrite 0.
Thanks!
Can anyone advise me how often to a) rinse and b) renew the various pads in my filter? I have a 50l Juwel tank with a built-in filter system, inside there are two thin white pads on top (about 5mm thick) then a couple of thicker stiffer black ones (each a couple of centimetres thick) then a blue one at the bottom.
At the moment I take the white ones out every week during the pwc and rinse them in the old water, I also renew them about every 3-4 weeks. The black ones have been in for about 8 months, I take one of them out about every 4 weeks and give it a squeeze in the old pwc water, but loads of black granules come out that look like they're supposed to be part of the filter (i.e. they don't look like bits of goldfish poo or decomposing food!).
The tank has one goldfish and 4 little minnows, I tested the water this morning and it's ammonia 0 nitrite 0.
Thanks!