Neophyte
Seedling
Hi All,
Just won an auction on Ebay for a used Eheim 2227
It comes complete with used substrat media. From what I've read on the Eheim web site the substrat can be washed & re-used several times 8) Which is useful because it seems sooo expensive. Anyhow, the previous user has used the filter on a marine setup, I'll be using it on a fresh water setup.
Depending on how old the media is, I was thinking of giving the media a good wash, then, run the filter for about a week on a water tank containing nothing but fresh water - changing it daily - to "clean" the media further. Then, another wash & connect it to my tank.
Will that be ok :?: , or should I fork out £40 for 4kilo of fresh Substrat Pro media
TIA
Just won an auction on Ebay for a used Eheim 2227
It comes complete with used substrat media. From what I've read on the Eheim web site the substrat can be washed & re-used several times 8) Which is useful because it seems sooo expensive. Anyhow, the previous user has used the filter on a marine setup, I'll be using it on a fresh water setup.
Depending on how old the media is, I was thinking of giving the media a good wash, then, run the filter for about a week on a water tank containing nothing but fresh water - changing it daily - to "clean" the media further. Then, another wash & connect it to my tank.
Will that be ok :?: , or should I fork out £40 for 4kilo of fresh Substrat Pro media
TIA