Hy sponge filter bubbles not popping

[oogabooga]

On 4/12/2024 at 7:52 AM, AllFishNoBrakes said:

It’s possible that some of the bacteria could die, but beneficial bacteria is on every wet surface in your aquarium. The glass, the substrate, on your plants, etc. Assuming your tank is well established, it shouldn’t be a problem. 

ok ill just monitor my ammonia just in case and ill also be running my other filter for a day or to as well

[MattyM]

On 4/12/2024 at 9:09 AM, oogabooga said:

but will the beneficial bacteria get washed off?

Just add de-chlorinator to some clean tap water and squeeze out the filter in there. 

[AllFishNoBrakes]

Hmmmmm…. I’m really not sure. If it was my tank, I would probably be doing some large water changes and see if that does anything. The carbon could also help. 

[MattyM]

If there is a film on the surface, you can lay a paper towel on it and it will soak it up.

[oogabooga]

On 4/13/2024 at 8:30 AM, MattyM said:

If there is a film on the surface, you can lay a paper towel on it and it will soak it up.

film is gone

On 4/12/2024 at 9:08 PM, AllFishNoBrakes said:

Hmmmmm…. I’m really not sure. If it was my tank, I would probably be doing some large water changes and see if that does anything. The carbon could also help. 

my bad but i just needed to remove the disk and the bubbles popped although i just lifted it out(to lazy to actually run it through the airline tubing) but from the 30 seconds i looked it seems fine

[oogabooga]

@AllFishNoBrakes well it looks like this and I took of the circle