BOTTOM MEDIA
TRAY
Ceramic Rings
Mechanic Filtration
Removes small
waste particles from
the water.
MIDDLE MEDIA TRAY
Bio Balls
Biological Filtration
Creates environment
for nitro-bacteria to
cultivate and help
oxygenate the water.
TOP MEDIA TRAY
Activated Carbon
Chemical Filtration
Removes soluble
waste, chlorine and
cultivates nitro-
bacteria.
IMPORTANT!
Always use water from your
fish tank to clean your filter media. Do not use
mains water or any cleaning products to clean your media.
The suggested
filter media order is ceramic rings at the bottom, bio balls in the middle and
active carbon at the top with one biochemical cotton in each tray, providing mechanical,
biological and chemical
filtration as the water flows up through the media baskets.
Please remember to change your activated carbon at least every 2-3 months as after this
time it is possible that the carbon can have a negative
effect on your aquarium as the very
waste it removes can be released from the carbon back into the aquarium.
When cleaning mechanical or biological media,
NEVER
rinse with tap water or use any
soap or detergent, only your aquarium water. The best time to rinse your
filter foams, bio
balls and ceramic rings through is when doing a 10 / 20% water change as you can use
this water to wash the media through.
When replacing media in your
filter, do not replace more than 50% of your media at
once. This is to ensure that the nitrifying bacteria present in the old media are able to
repopulate in the newly added
filter media.
Draining Your Filter
Should you need to drain your
filter for maintenance or repair purposes, please follow the
steps below:
1.
Close the inlet / outlet tap by lifting the lever all the way up. This seals
off the input and
output hosing connections, keeping the vacuum needed in order to restart the
filter
without priming.
