Finaly Upgraded Pump, Now What?

[jameshiggins]

i have a 4 ft 29 gallon tank and was using a fluval 105 which i thought was underpowerd for the tank, i have just got a new fluval 305 just after some help on how to switch them over do i run them both for a while? and also any suggestions on wot media to use and wot order it shud go in the trays.

any help would be great!

thanks
james

 

[rabbut]

i have a 4 ft 29 gallon tank and was using a fluval 105 which i thought was underpowerd for the tank, i have just got a new fluval 305 just after some help on how to switch them over do i run them both for a while? and also any suggestions on wot media to use and wot order it shud go in the trays.

any help would be great!

thanks
james

I would move all the Bio media from the 105 to the 305, then start up the new filter, with the spare trays filled with other media of your choise
Rabbut

 

[mark.w.jones]

Agreed. If you move all of you old media over to containers in you new filter you will lose virtually no beneficial bacteria. Then just fill up any spaces you have in your new filter containers with new stuff. You may therefore need to buy some new ceramic tubes, sponge and filter floss but these will very quickly become colonised by bacteria. I wouldn't worry about having carbon in there. In my Fluval filter I have ceramic media in the bottom, a course sponge in the middle then a fine sponge with filter floss on top of it in the top section. Water is then sucked from the bottom through to the top and the filtration gets finer the higher up it gets.

 

[jameshiggins]

ok all swaped over now thanks for your help both of you

james