305 Fluval Filter
305 Fluval Filter
how do i take apart a fluval 305 external filter?
ok so my black neons have gotten ich again so i need to treat them, well i need to take the carbon out of my filter. i cant rememeber how you take it apart. the last time i took it apart i had a near disaster and nearly flooded the backroom. and since then ive been too scared to touch it incase it happens again
ive had the filter for 2 months. its just that it says i need to remove the carbon from the filter
It’s actually very easy to take apart a Fluval 305.
The hoses that connect at the top of the filter have a valve that closes them so water won’t run out (it’s a lever you lift up). Do this before you take anything apart.
Put the unit in a dishpan or flat tup or the like before you take it apart, to contain the small amount of water that will spill out.
The filter media, such as carbon, are in baskets that just lift out.
Do all the same things in reverse to put the filter together again.
If you’ve had the carbon in there more than a month or so, you actually don’t need to remove it before medicating the tank, because after a few weeks the absoptive capacity of the carbon has been exhausted. At that point, the carbon is serving mainly as a biological filter medium (beneficial bacteria grow on its surface).
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