Whitebeam
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The thought has now been sown in my mind that I should transition from my Juwel internal filter to some sort of external filter whenever I can sneak such a purchase past SWMBO.
I'm just musing now about how to rapidly mature the new filter. Do I simply squeeze the gunk from the existing pads from my internal into the external and then run them in parallel for a week or so? Would a week be enough?
Also a dumb newbie external filter question please: What do I do about heating? My internal currently has a Juwel heater inserted into it - can I simply take this out and somehow stick it to the back of the tank, or is there one more complication I need to consider here? I assume that the Juwel heater must be fully waterproof?
Peter
I'm just musing now about how to rapidly mature the new filter. Do I simply squeeze the gunk from the existing pads from my internal into the external and then run them in parallel for a week or so? Would a week be enough?
Also a dumb newbie external filter question please: What do I do about heating? My internal currently has a Juwel heater inserted into it - can I simply take this out and somehow stick it to the back of the tank, or is there one more complication I need to consider here? I assume that the Juwel heater must be fully waterproof?
Peter