Susanna
Member
This may be covered elsewhere but I would like to ask your advice.
I have a 30l tank 'Qubic 30 LED' which comes with a built in filter, this filter came with 1 cartridge which was loaded as follows (top to bottom):
Wide Grained Black (scouring pad like sponge)
loose Carbon/Zeolite
White Filter Pad.
the water is drawn upwards from the bottom so the first thing is the fine stuff is removed.
Now the replacement cartridges I bought consisted of a layer of the black Sponge layer of carbon etc and another layer of sponge
To be honest this was crazy as there was virtually nothing to keep the loose carbon contained and I had a job cleaning particles out of the filter inlet/impeller.
So I refilled the next cartridge as the original.
What I would like to know is what are peoples thoughts on the arrangement of filter media and suggestions on how to optimise the performance of my admittedly small but aesthetically pleasing filter
I have a 30l tank 'Qubic 30 LED' which comes with a built in filter, this filter came with 1 cartridge which was loaded as follows (top to bottom):
Wide Grained Black (scouring pad like sponge)
loose Carbon/Zeolite
White Filter Pad.
the water is drawn upwards from the bottom so the first thing is the fine stuff is removed.
Now the replacement cartridges I bought consisted of a layer of the black Sponge layer of carbon etc and another layer of sponge
To be honest this was crazy as there was virtually nothing to keep the loose carbon contained and I had a job cleaning particles out of the filter inlet/impeller.
So I refilled the next cartridge as the original.
What I would like to know is what are peoples thoughts on the arrangement of filter media and suggestions on how to optimise the performance of my admittedly small but aesthetically pleasing filter