Question about filteration setup

[Greez]

So, I picked up my tank and saw this corkscrew like things in the setup. Now I've never had a tank filter like this one, So I'm learning a lot of things on here about them. Anyway I asked the guy who owned it what they were for(thought maybe they were used to hold bacteria or something like that) but he didn't know what they were for. Here's a pic maybe you guys can help me out.



It's filled with them, I figured I would just take them out and use what I see a lot of people on this site use.

 

[SnaKeheAdSrAwSomE]

those are ceramic rings. they are commonly used as biological filtration.

 

[Crispy]

I use them in my wet/dry, leave em in there. Free, reusable media.

 

[jimolds8862]

leave them in.

 

[Greez]

So I Finally got around to looking over the tank and getting it where I want it placed. And I noticed a few things I would like to ask...

First off I set things up the way he did(since I have never used a filtration system like this) and I noticed he was using/gave me a Eheim 1262



That sucked water up into this pipes




and then redistributed the water through this area



Then back through the tank



But I was wondering what this was for???

 

[Greez]

Anybody???

I'm cleaning the tank now and would like to know what those bags are for

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Crispy]

Not sure whats in the bag, but looks like you have no mechanical sponge/floss before the tank water hits the biomedia. This will cause the biomedia to clog fast and cut down on it's efficiency to colonize BB.

 

[Greez]

I have them I just took them out for the pics, Right now I'm cleaning out the old dirty water and having them filter it out before replacing them with some of my own.

 

[Ang]

Haha. here ya go. I'm trying something new. Visuals.

 

[Ang]

course now you said you have them, so i did all that for nothing.