I will be setting up my new canister filter for the first time ever and have some questions. BTW, I am currently running and emperor 280 (HOB).
First of all it is a Jebo 828 / Odyssea CS4 that I bought on Ebay for under $70 (incl. shipping). it fit my budget so I ran with it.
here are the pictures of what the parts and media look like.
These are not my pics and I copied them from another forum just to show you guys whats in there.
Questions and concerns:
I wanted to place the spray bar horizontally along the top edge of the side wall where it would be hidden by the tank frame. Is that OK? or should I place it vertically? is there a pro or con to either one?
picture above shows 2 baskets with ceramic bio media but I received one with some kind of white crystals in it. what is that?
Also all 4 media baskets are lined with the blue "floss pad", same kind used on emperor HOB filter cartridges. Do I keep the floss pads in there?
how do I arrange the media? they have the coarse sponge on top, then ceramic bio media, then carbon and the white crystals on the bottom. is that the good order?
As far as growing the bacteria on the media, should I run both filters for a couple of weeks or just squeeze some gunk onto the new sponge from the old one and call it a day?
Please let me know what you think.
First of all it is a Jebo 828 / Odyssea CS4 that I bought on Ebay for under $70 (incl. shipping). it fit my budget so I ran with it.
here are the pictures of what the parts and media look like.
These are not my pics and I copied them from another forum just to show you guys whats in there.
Questions and concerns:
I wanted to place the spray bar horizontally along the top edge of the side wall where it would be hidden by the tank frame. Is that OK? or should I place it vertically? is there a pro or con to either one?
picture above shows 2 baskets with ceramic bio media but I received one with some kind of white crystals in it. what is that?
Also all 4 media baskets are lined with the blue "floss pad", same kind used on emperor HOB filter cartridges. Do I keep the floss pads in there?
how do I arrange the media? they have the coarse sponge on top, then ceramic bio media, then carbon and the white crystals on the bottom. is that the good order?
As far as growing the bacteria on the media, should I run both filters for a couple of weeks or just squeeze some gunk onto the new sponge from the old one and call it a day?
Please let me know what you think.