Recent content by Mr. Blue

Thanks for all of your help!! I will look into it a little further and update this thread as things come together.

Interesting. Ok, I will look into trying to rig up something like that with my filter cartridges. In the meantime, would it be a good idea to put in a new cartridge and have two in there so I can replace one when need be? Sort of like cycling the filter cartridges out? I have a Penguin...

So are you saying to try and remove the charcoal from the filter cartridge and replacing it with some sponges? Does filtration work without the use of the charcoal element?

I am not sure what you mean by the sponge thing. Sorry I am pretty new to the hobby :blush: But I did look at my Bio-Wheel filter a second ago and noticed that there is a slot for another filter cartridge. Could I slide a new one in there every two weeks or so, then just remove the old one...

Hmmm. Maybe I should look into a new filter....What would you recommend for a 20 gallon tank (freshwater)? For some reason, I thought that the Bio-Wheel was the best filter for me to use.

So I should leave the filter floating in the tank after I put in the new one? I don't really want to always have a filter floating around my tank, maybe I am misunderstanding what you are saying...

I have had my Bio-wheel for about a month now and I am starting to get green algae forming on the wheel itself, should I be worried? I do not see algae anywhere else in the take, other than the filter. When I bought my tank, it came with some pos filter that didn't work very well (my water...

My Plec has been floating on his side at the top of my tank today as well. I thought he was dead, but every time I poke him, he swims down to the bottom (then floats back to the top). Based on the replies in this thread, it seems that I should feed him some shelled peas (I have dropped 3 in the...