how to setup FR?

[markietan]

mm.. i bought a FR from someone here sometime ago and today i decided to set it up..

i filled it up with a few spoonful of rowa and i tried running it with a 2000l/hr pump and when the output water was really brownish i quickly stopped it. is it because i mixed up the input / output hose?

there's this inner tube in the FR that goes all the way to the bottom. is that one the input or the output?

[MbmC]

2000l/hr is too strong for an FR. I would try running it with something closer to 500-800l/hour. An adjustable inlet or pump would be better to adjust the flow rate based on media movement.

That's the inlet pipe

[RedStar]

use a lower powered pump. brown in colour is normal in the begining, just trottle the pump till u see the rowa bubbling. after a couple of hours, the water outlet would be clear...

[markietan]

use a lower powered pump. brown in colour is normal in the begining, just trottle the pump till u see the rowa bubbling. after a couple of hours, the water outlet would be clear...

cool.. thanks. i manage to get it to work. is that brown thing toxic or harmful to corals or fishes? my filter wool are turning redish brown

[arcanehacker]

cool.. thanks. i manage to get it to work. is that brown thing toxic or harmful to corals or fishes? my filter wool are turning redish brown

no.. need to worry. Its normal. I dun even use filter wood.. I just let the skimmer do its part.