I'm looking for some advice. I bought a 46 gallon aquarium (used) and it came with a canister filter. It's an Eheim 2217. I've been reading and looking at picture instructions but not finding the answers I need. Hoping someone here can help.
I apologize in advance for my lack of correct terminology. The canister has the following in it: top and bottom plates with legs, a jumble of white plastic stringy ribbons, a blue filter pad, and a couple mesh tie-bags filled with something i'm not sure of. Do those white ribbons perform same duties as those little ceramic round pieces that i've seen on all the videos...filter media? Do those mesh bags hold the biomedia? There was no white pad...I need to have that, right? Even though I saw a carbon filter for this canister filter, I don't need one?
I currently have a 20 gallon tank with a filter that hangs off the side, so i'm in for a steep learning curve with this one I think. Even using the terms i've learned in my research today are making this more confusing for me.
I apologize in advance for my lack of correct terminology. The canister has the following in it: top and bottom plates with legs, a jumble of white plastic stringy ribbons, a blue filter pad, and a couple mesh tie-bags filled with something i'm not sure of. Do those white ribbons perform same duties as those little ceramic round pieces that i've seen on all the videos...filter media? Do those mesh bags hold the biomedia? There was no white pad...I need to have that, right? Even though I saw a carbon filter for this canister filter, I don't need one?
I currently have a 20 gallon tank with a filter that hangs off the side, so i'm in for a steep learning curve with this one I think. Even using the terms i've learned in my research today are making this more confusing for me.
