Re: Anerobic substrate... was Failure keeping cichlids in the long term

["Helen Burns" <helen.burns@bigwig.net>]

Here I go, by rinsing the sponge under the tap are you not destroying the
valuable bacteria.  You should be rinsing the sponge in the 'tank' water.
Helen

From: Bill Phillips <WilliamPhillips2@access.net.au>
> Why use sponge filters ? - they are cheap, very easy to maintain (rinse
> under a tap each week) and can easily transferone to a new tank and hey
> presto you have a fully operational mature filtration system.
> Bill




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