Salt water to fresh water

[Westyggx]

Hi I have just bought a tetra tec 1200 that has been used in a marine set up, what do I need to do to use this in my fresh water tank? Can I use the media that's currently in there?

A quick response would be appreciated. Cheers

 

[ceg4048]

I'd probably not choose to use the media since it will contain a lot of salt which is not good for plants, although I'm sure that with sufficient washing and soaking, ultimately this would dissolve out.

Cheers,

 

[Luketendo]

Yeah I'd bin the media and just give the filter a good clean and soaking, I mean I don't know what media you were using for marnie but generally it's different to freshwater media.

 

[Tom]

Yeah, you wouldn't usually use an external for marine - the liverock does it for you with good circulation. Having said that, at Sparsholt we did have one of the huge TMC commercial systems filtering the 10' marine predator tank.

 

[Westyggx]

Thanks for the reply guys, i ran the filter in my bath overnight and will reaplce with new media.

Cheers