Dont Know Where Charcoal Cardrige Goes In My Filter?

[mark1973]

my fliter has broke,a fluval u2, so ive borrowed a brand new aqua one maxi 102f, which looks really cheap, anyway, ive put it togethe ,and there is 2 cartdriges with charcoal in, but i dont know where they go, the instructions dont even mention the cartdridges, they will only fit in filter if i take 1 sponge out, cant wait to get my fluval u2 filter exchanged at lfs ,as i think nit s agood filter,when they dont breakdown, im lost for ideas where the little cartdridge goes,any1 any ideas?

 

[fluttermoth]

Surely you need to be putting the media from the U2 in the new filter to keep your good bacteria anyway?

 

[KittyKat]

+1 what fluttermoth said.

There is no reason to use activated carbon in an established aquarium, so unless you do have a very specific need to remove something from the water, I recommend that you leave it out.

Otherwise, the best place for the carbon is probably in the top of the filter housing (and sponges in the bottom half).

 

[mark1973]

Surely you need to be putting the media from the U2 in the new filter to keep your good bacteria anyway?

the media is in off the u2 ,i just didnt know whether tp put the cartriges in the filter, ill have my u2 bak tmorow, i was just curiou where they went,coz i couldnt dind any where they fit, i dont like these aqua one maxi 102 f, thanks fluttermoth

 

[mark1973]

+1 what fluttermoth said.

There is no reason to use activated carbon in an established aquarium, so unless you do have a very specific need to remove something from the water, I recommend that you leave it out.

Otherwise, the best place for the carbon is probably in the top of the filter housing (and sponges in the bottom half).

thanks kitty kat ,ill leave them out,ill have a new fluval u2 tommorow, iuse the aqua one just for few days just to put sum oxygen in water ,as i dont use apump,i use the top outlet on my u2 ,which is enough i think, i pick a new tank up tommorow ,i have a 60l now, i get a72l tommorow.a little bit bigger, my hood on my tetra aquar 60l broke at the same time as my 3week old u2 filter, what a week, so ill have to cycle my new tank as from tommorw, thanks for your help

Surely you need to be putting the media from the U2 in the new filter to keep your good bacteria anyway?

thanks for your help. im stil learning, thanks for all the advice youve given me

 

[KittyKat]

Hun, the biggest and main purpose of the filter is to provide a place for bacteria to live, the ones which change ammonia into nitrite and nitrite into nitrate. Oxygen is all very good, but it's not a great help if there bacteria which you have been so carefully cultivating on the media from U2 are not there or dead. Do you have a liquid test kit for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate?

You probably want to reduce feeding, or not feed at all, for a few days, even if there isn't a problem.