Phosguard help

[awolf3303]

Hi!

I use a 20 gallon Tetra whisper filter, and it has room for one media insert. My phosphates are extraordinarily high, and I want to use phosguard to reduce them. How do I go about inserting the phosguard in my filter? If I take out my current media insert for a couple of days, then I fear that all my nitrifying bacteria will die. I would combine the phosguard into the carbon media, but then I would need to change out the carbon every 4 days, as the phsoguard would have been exhausted at that point. And that seems extremely uneccessary and expensive. Does anyone know what to do?

Thanks!

 

[Naughts]

If you leave the media insert in the tank somewhere, the BB will survive if it stays wet. Even better if there is some water flow/ bubbles around it.

 

[awolf3303]

If you leave the media insert in the tank somewhere, the BB will survive if it stays wet. Even better if there is some water flow/ bubbles around it.

Thanks for responding!