billfish Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 .So heres how it goes ,had nephews around yesterday and one of the little buggers turned off the internal filter on one of my tanks ,reckon it was down for 20 hrs b4 noticing .Have chucked some stability in the tank cos i reckon the bacteria is gunna be depleted so hows the best way to seed the filter ive got a couple of sponge filters running down stairs do i squeeze them out in the tank or what ? Usually theres a fx 5 running incase of something happens but it went to canister heaven any suggestions appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cod Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 Is one of the sponge filters not really needed in its tank? I try to always have a spare one running, if you do just put it in tank, it'll spread the bacteria to your other filter and handle most of the ammonia in the mean time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billfish Posted December 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 unfortunately its needed that was the fx 5 job the spare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tech Den Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 See if you can remove the uplift of the sponge and then see if it will connect to the hose intake of the canister and give it a squeeze clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heintz.G Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 Can you swap one sponge and the internal for a few days, if not then yeah squeeze the sponge in the tank near the inlet of the filter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
