I Put A Carbon Filter In My Fluval 1 Plus

[Lazerus]

Hi all....

Just a question...

Earlier today I did a water change to hopefully dilute down a possible 'bad' bacterial outbreak after buying some dodgy fish yesterday (those fish are in a separate tank now)

Anyway, I have a Fluval 1 plus internal filter and I was told by a lad in the LFS that a carbon filter would possibly help to take out any possible water contaminant nasties from the tank.

The Fluval filter only has one sponge in it, and is not set up for a carbon insert. Also the carbon filters I bought were designed for a Fluval 2 filter.

So what I did was, I cut my Fluval 1 plus sponge in two lengthways and placed the carbon filter in between the two sponges....like a sandwich.

Thats okay isn't it?? There is still lots of room for the water to circulate around....

Also, was the LFS guy correct in his advice? Or are carbon filters really meant for something else?

Thanks...

 

[minxfishy]

Carbon is generally used to remove any meds from the water after treatment, dont think it would help remove any bacteria bought in by the sick fish.

 

[Piltdownpaul]

You have fitted the carbon correctly-i have done a similar thing with my fluval 2+ and 3+. They will only remove medication though-If you have a bacterial problem the carbon's not going to help you.

 

[toshapetriji]

Carbon filters are often used to remove medication from the tank once the treatment is complete. They can also be used to remove tanin from wood and similiar.

However they are short lived and loose their usefulness after 3 or 4 days.

I know you are having some problems at the moment so you should keep testing your water and keep those ammonia and nitrite levels at zero.

Try not to make too many changes to your tank whilst things settle down

 

[Lazerus]

Oh...ah well....sure I'll leave it in anway, it can't do any harm either.

Thanks for the replies. At least I know I've fitted it correctly!

I'm praying my current fish are safe from whatever happened to these new fish...

Big lesson learnt here!