Kookie Posted January 22, 2006 Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 Hi all. Hope this sunny Monday morning finds you all well. Now, I have an Eheim 386 canister, pump works well and outputs a good flow. When i bought my tank etc, the canister didn't have any media in it. I want to know, can i simply layer the media on top of each other? or do i need to have seperate trays for these? or can i just put a piece of fliter wool in between. At the moment there is about 6 pieces of filter wool in the canister, which have the right bacteria in it, because the cycle started over 3 weeks ago, so I will be using that wool when i add the media. Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted January 22, 2006 Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 Heya Kookie, another local wellingtonian Welcome and we hope you enjoy your stay on the forums Not familia with the 386 but if it's a typical canister filter then just add some ceramic noodles (can be purchased easily from Hutt Pets or the Wai pet shop) between your existing layers of filter wool and you should be set. Just be sure to wash your hands before-hand and only rinse with current tank water when playing with/cleaning your filter to make sure all those good bacteria stay alive. Take care and hope to see you at the local fish club meet on Wednesday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kookie Posted January 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 Hi B&K, thanks for the reply. I did a google search on my canister and searched Eheim, but as my model is "outdated" there was very little info avaliable, except to say it is "outdated" lol. i'll have a look for the ceramic noodles. Where is the local fish meet? I've no idea on the clubs and meets etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted January 22, 2006 Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 The local fish club is Kapi-Mana Aquarium Club and there's another one called the Wellington Garden and Aquarium Society. KMAC is the only one FNZAS affiliated at present but I think you'd be better off with KMAC anyways as I think WGaAS meets in Paraparaumu. KMAC meets in Tawa on the last Wednesday of every month (two days from now). You'll meet lots of good people and quite a few live right in the Wai with you. Oh, and membership gives you a 10% discount at most of the non-corporate LFSes around on fish gear too, so it's quite handy when building up your setups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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