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Posted by Mister Gardener on April 21, 2006, 12:31 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:17:04 -0000, "Frederick B. Henry Jr."
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>> Frederick B. Henry Jr. wrote,
>>>In any case, I am just perplexed at why it is taking so long, when
>>>everything I have read seems to suggest that it is just a matter of a
>>>month or so and ammonia should be 0 ppm and I should see some nitrite. ...
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>> A few years back, there was a guy in alt. aquaria newsgroup 12 weeks
>> into a fishless cycle. He had no filter media within his filter - need
>> I, - - - no, never mind, I won't ask...
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>I have a Whisper Bio-filter, which came with a filter bag that appears
>to have some charcoal or somesuch within it; it came as part of a
>starter kit and I am pretty certain it is not missing the media. The
>bacteria grow on that media correct?
Your Whisper grows bacteria on the brown sponge which is placed
between the white biobag and the waterfall output. The charcoal in the
biobag is carbon, and it adsorbs impurities from your water, such as
medications and sometimes helps with "cloudiness". It is not needed
for routine use, many people never use it, except to clear the tank of
medications they have added to the tank. Once again, the brown sponge
is your biological filter, it should rarely need attention, once or
twice a year, never washed with chlorinated or hot water, the white
biobag is your mechanical filter, which captures big stuff like plant
parts and fish food. It also grows bacteria on the inner black frame,
so when you replace or rinse the biobag, treat the black frame as you
do the sponge. Hope this helps.
-- Mister Gardener
Everything Aquaria & Tropical Fish at The Krib:
http://faq.thekrib.com/
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