Jebo r331 Aquarium, 20 litre, no instructions??? (noodles)

[hannick]

I bought a new Jebo r331 as a hospital/quarantine tank but on opening the box i found no instructions for assembly. I also found that the model is the new style although the box depicted the old under gravel filter system.

I have managed to assemble it all and it has been running ok, however i'm not sure whether the noodles should be placed on top of the coarse sponge media or under the plastic grate at the bottom?

I have placed the noodles at the top now but the water level seems a little low. Previously i had some noodles under neath but it restricted the water flow to the tank and overflowed back through the heater compartment.

Any ideas please? :roll:

[SNOWKIWI]

Hi hannick, I dont have a Jebo r331, but I have checked out the hood filter and other filters on my tanks. The filter cartridge with the fine filter material is at the top, under that is the course sponge, and under that are the ceramic noodles. Regardless of the type of filter, they all appear to have the water going through the fine filter material before it goes through the course sponge. One of the internal pumps has the sponge and the noodles in two separate containers sitting side by side, the same applies, the water passes through the sponge before passing through the noodles. Thinking about it, I guess the reason would be that you dont get any relatively large particles sitting on the noodles, allowing the surface area of the noodles, where the bacteria grow, to work as effectively as possible, without becoming clogged with rubbish. Hope this is of some help.

[hannick]

Thank you for your reply Snowkiwi.

What you say certainly makes perfect sense and i'm sure you are correct. It's just that only 1/3 of the supplied noodles fit underneath the sponge filter and when placed there they obstruct the water flow.

I can't believe Jebo have no information on the Web about this.