Think I May Have Killed My Filter

[peter22UK]

ok so as u guys know by now, i have been changing my tank over to a much bigger one

i had planned on moving the fish...and filter media(temporarily) until my 2 fluvals worked ok without.

one slight problem, i forgot to put the media back in the tank....and left it in a bucket in the conservatory....will it be dead now?

it gets pretty cold (bout 4-5degrees C) overnight in the conservatory..well the same temp as outside.

will this have killed the filter beings....

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[shelaghfishface]

good morning, youre onto it early if it was in tank water it may just may have made it, but i expect it will have halved by now


lots of testing and water changes are possibly in order, how did it go anyway? did you manage to get it moved eventually?

 

[minxfishy]

Was it kept wet? You might have some left, as Shelagh says though, maybe half if your lucky.

As its a pretty mature sponge, I would expect it to catch up pretty quickly, you may need some extra w/c to compensate but it should be ok.