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05-12-2008, 11:13 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: new york Age: 33
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 |  I change my mechanical filter fine white one.
i remove the fine white mechanical filter and i putt new one. old filter pad was green. i hope i didn't do anything wrong but i left the black coarse mechanical filter which i cut down half of it a week ago. that was for the bubbles. is it normal to have that green bloom turf algae after 6 week and no purple yet. am i cleaning and feeding my tank a lot? everyday. | 
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05-13-2008, 06:50 AM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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The white filter floss should be changed once a month... _________ Hardware-55G Rena Md,Filstar XP3 Filter, 200w Heater, 1xSeio 2, 1xKoralia 2, Lee's Medium Skimmer, 8x39watt T5 Fish-Yellow Tang, Coral Beauty, Midas Blenny, Clown, Chalk Goby Inverts-Snails, Hermits, Black Long Spine Sea Urchin, Blue Linika StarFish, Cleaner Shrimp, Coral Banded Shrimp, Feather Duster, Green Bubble Tip Anemone, Coral's-Green/Purple/Hairy Mushroom's, Xenia, Button, Green, Yellow Polyps, Toadstool Leather,Finger Leather, Purple tip Frogspawn.  | |
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05-13-2008, 09:15 AM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: London, ON, Canada
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Personally, I believe any mechanical filter should be changed weekly if not more often. Why give the crap that's filtered out time to decompose and add to the dissolved nutrient in the tank. | |
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05-13-2008, 09:40 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator |
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Originally Posted by rayjay  Personally, I believe any mechanical filter should be changed weekly if not more often. Why give the crap that's filtered out time to decompose and add to the dissolved nutrient in the tank. | I agree or better yet just get rid of the filter all together.
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05-13-2008, 01:10 PM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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just give the sponge a good clean out every week then change every month, really depends on how that particular tank is coping...
It can be pricey to have to change the filter every week or more often, but what works for me may not work for you... | |
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05-13-2008, 05:07 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: South Florida Age: 42
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Originally Posted by Jason McKenzie I agree or better yet just get rid of the filter all together.
J | Amen. The poster before is right on the money too. Items filtered out by mechanical means are in a perfect scenario to give up their chemical components right back into the system. Water is flowing by rapidly, adding oxygen to the equation, aiding decomposition.
I've gotten rid of my mechanical filtration. The filter feeders in my tank like sponges and dusters love me for it.
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