filter

My quarrantine tank filter broke, so as an emergency I'm using one of those
clear plastic ones you fill with wool and carbon.

I dont know how to set it up! I've surfed around but nobody explains it.
neither does the packaging for my filter grrrrrrr.

Does the carbon go in first? or the "wool"? the airpipe seems to blow only
air out of the outlet pipe, it doesnt look like any actual water is being
filtered thru. can anyone help? I know theyre not the best filters but all
I have til the end of the week.

Tess

Hi Tess.
If you are talking about the old plastic box corner filters, place the
carbon in first followed by the filter wool. They work by air passing down
the inlet tube then out through the outlet, this causes the water to be
drawn through the grid on the top of the filter and down through the filter
media and out (again) through the outlet.
They are not terribly efficient filters, but back when I was a lad, they
were all we had and they did a reasonable job.

"Raccoon" <tess.trimarco.DeleteThis@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> My quarrantine tank filter broke, so as an emergency I'm using one of
> those
> clear plastic ones you fill with wool and carbon.
>
> I dont know how to set it up! I've surfed around but nobody explains it.
> neither does the packaging for my filter grrrrrrr.
>
> Does the carbon go in first? or the "wool"? the airpipe seems to blow only
> air out of the outlet pipe, it doesnt look like any actual water is being
> filtered thru. can anyone help? I know theyre not the best filters but
> all
> I have til the end of the week.
>
> Tess
>
>