Okay so I currently own a fluval 407 and me being a newbie i didn’t know any better about the media. The media is the usually mechanical then bio, but then it goes with two carbon packets and then on the final one it is two carbon packets and a phosphorus remover. I’ve heard that these chemical removers aren’t necessary and my tank has been set up for about 10 days now with it being a week set up with fish. I was planning on replacing one of the media’s with some polyester fiber and the other one with maybe some more bio media such as bio balls and use purigen as my chemical if needed. Just some advice on when would be the best time to remove these media’s and should I do it with the water change or no. Just some help please
Canister chemical media removal
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Yes you can replace the carbon and phosphorus remover with more biomedia.
Tbh don't know about the floss though so will let others chime in.
Also is this a new aquarium setup?
How did you cycle the aquarium? I'm asking because a week is not long enough unless you take a fully established filter or filters from a fully cycled aquarium.
So right now you are doing a fish in cycle with the new fish you had for a week and that's not good.
Cycling a aquarium may take a month.
Do you have a freshwater test kit to test your water parameters?
If you don't have one I suggest you take a sample of water to the local fish store asap to be tested.
Agree, and I'd ask the same question.
I find it takes 6 to 8 weeks to fully cycle a tank from scratch.
I would say that unless one knows the water has excess of a certain element (phosphorus, etc.), one doesn't need the chemical media at all. It becomes expensive, a PITA over time, and not really necessary.
Aquarium suppliers would want you to buy and replace often activated carbon and all kinds of things that most people don't really need. It is a big industry based on making people believe things that either are no true, or only marginally so. The municipal water reports (required to cities) are a good general indication of water characteristics available to us. People on well water have additional work to do on their own.
Unless you know of some specific issues of your water, I would replace the chemical stuff with additional mechanical or biomedia. And then, I would only use carbon to remove medicines of you have to treat a tank, or something like that.
Aquarium suppliers would want you to buy and replace often activated carbon and all kinds of things that most people don't really need. It is a big industry based on making people believe things that either are no true, or only marginally so. The municipal water reports (required to cities) are a good general indication of water characteristics available to us. People on well water have additional work to do on their own.
Unless you know of some specific issues of your water, I would replace the chemical stuff with additional mechanical or biomedia. And then, I would only use carbon to remove medicines of you have to treat a tank, or something like that.
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My water parameters are perfect no high ammonia nitrite or nitrate levels it’s all been treated and all and the fish and doing perfect it’s been 8 days of having the fish and i’ve seen no problems with stress or anything and my water temperatures don’t fluctuate im just wondering like when should i do my first like water change and what should it be like 20% or what because i heard you shouldn’t do the first water change till about 2 weeks after having the fish in the tank and also when should i remove my carbon media like should it be immediate or what
