Penguins and AC's cost about the same, always swish the filter meadia in a pail of your tank water when ever it gets dirty, replace it if it becomes tathered or fuzzy looking, i swish ours about every 2 weeks or so.......
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Ok so I just picked up a Penguin 100 (was going to get the 150 but I don't know that it will fit in the cut out on my tank hood).......... so my next question, whats the best way to switch filters over? I don't have room to have them both running on the same tank, so how do I switch without causing a mini cycle?
Try to put as much old media in the new filter as possible, you may have to cut it up a little and stuff it in the new filter, make sure to check your water at least once a day for about a week,,,
If your media is brown try to clean it off with some tank water, swish it around in a bowl or some thing, you may need new media if it is plugged up...
Is the P-100 on the 10 or 20 gal.......
I think there is some thread hi-jacking going on here.......... I have a 10 gallon and just picked up a P-100 to go on there.
That should be a good filter for a 10 gal, it's rated at 100 gph, a little less with media, .........
I managed to stuff the entire old filter in with the new one, how long should I aim to leave it in there? The cover does not fit on properly with both filters wedged in there (and I am sure the flow is reduced a little with 2 filters in there), so I don't want to leave it any longer than I have to.
About a week should do it. this will give the bio wheel a chance to get totally satuated..Make sure to watch your wp's during this time.......
Should the penguin be making a bunch of noise? its mostly been silent, but after a couple of hours is rattling and making a pretty loud noise. I took out the impeller to check there was nothing stuck, it stopped making the noise, but after about 3 hours has started again.
It sounds like its coming from the intake, and not the bio wheel.
It sounds like its coming from the intake, and not the bio wheel.
