Filter cartridges (pads)

Durbkat · 07-23-2006, 03:39 PM

On my 55g filter it has 4 slots for 4 filter pads but I only have 2 in it (one on each side) and I bought two new ones today and was wondering what is the best way of changing them out when they get real dirty. Would the best way be to put a new one in on one side with the current one in there and let the filter run for a couple of weeks to let the new filter pad get plenty of bacteria on it then remove the old one and put move the new one up to where the old one was. Then wait a couple of weeks and do that same thing to the other side. Is that the best way to do it?

dwool36 · 07-23-2006, 03:44 PM

The best way is to never change them unless they literally fall apart. Mine are about 7 months old. I rinse them in tank water (when doing a water change) about once per month. There are people on this forum who have used the same filter pads for over a year.

Durbkat · 07-23-2006, 03:49 PM

Wow, I never knew that. With my whisper filters I used to just replace the filter cartridge about every month or so. Thanks dwool!

Puffer Pita · 07-23-2006, 04:55 PM

I don't even use filter cartridges, nor do most people I know. We just use regular polyfill from the craft store (or Wal-Mart in my case). Pillow size batch is $2 and lasts a really long time. Just gotta make sure its marked hypoallergenic so it doesn't have any chemicals in it.

Durbkat · 07-23-2006, 05:15 PM

Well I've had great success with filter cartridges, so I don't want to mess with success.

07-23-2006, 03:39 PM	#1
Durbkat It's the Evil Monkey!! Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kentucky Age: 17 Posts: 1,112	Filter cartridges (pads) On my 55g filter it has 4 slots for 4 filter pads but I only have 2 in it (one on each side) and I bought two new ones today and was wondering what is the best way of changing them out when they get real dirty. Would the best way be to put a new one in on one side with the current one in there and let the filter run for a couple of weeks to let the new filter pad get plenty of bacteria on it then remove the old one and put move the new one up to where the old one was. Then wait a couple of weeks and do that same thing to the other side. Is that the best way to do it?

07-23-2006, 03:44 PM	#2
dwool36 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 312	The best way is to never change them unless they literally fall apart. Mine are about 7 months old. I rinse them in tank water (when doing a water change) about once per month. There are people on this forum who have used the same filter pads for over a year. __________________ 55 gallon planted 8 Kribs 6 black neons 8 cardinal tetras 1 bushynose pleco 55 Gallon community Northern Mountain Swortails Fancy Guppies 3 YoYo Loaches 15gallon planted Breeding Pair Blue Rams 29 Gallon Breeding Pair Keyhole Chichlids 2 green corys 2 spotted corys

07-23-2006, 04:55 PM	#4
Puffer Pita Puffer Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,672	I don't even use filter cartridges, nor do most people I know. We just use regular polyfill from the craft store (or Wal-Mart in my case). Pillow size batch is $2 and lasts a really long time. Just gotta make sure its marked hypoallergenic so it doesn't have any chemicals in it. __________________ Tina Puffers: Auriglobus silus x2 Colomesus asellus x1 Tetraodon travancoricus x1 Tetraodon biocellatus x2 Tetraodon nigroviridis x1 Tetraodon baileyi x2 Tetraodon lineatus x1 Tetraodon palembangensis x1 The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated. - Mohandas Gandhi

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07-23-2006, 03:49 PM	#3
Durbkat It's the Evil Monkey!! Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kentucky Age: 17 Posts: 1,112	Wow, I never knew that. With my whisper filters I used to just replace the filter cartridge about every month or so. Thanks dwool!

07-23-2006, 05:15 PM	#5
Durbkat It's the Evil Monkey!! Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kentucky Age: 17 Posts: 1,112	Well I've had great success with filter cartridges, so I don't want to mess with success.

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