agabr123

I recently bought a new 5 gallon hex for one of my betta girls (strange to call her a "girl" when she's bigger than both the boys) and it came with a whisper filter. I got the tank set up, live plants, driftwood, a large chunk of filter media from another tank, let it run for a few days, tested, and ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate around 5. Anyways, the other day it just stopped working for no apparent reason. I tried unplugging it and plugging it back in, different plugs, taking it apart (which yielded nothing, they don't really come apart). And ultimately just couldn't get it to work. Luckily, I had a sponge filter lying around, so I went ahead and put it in the tank, as my betta had a small amount of finrot and I was medicating the tank. I wanted there to at least be some filtration. So, I have a few questions...

1. Since I only have the sponge filter in there, is there any way for me to save my cycle or do I just need to purchase a new one ASAP and put the old filter media in it?

2. What filters would people recommend for a 5G hex?

fishlover78

you can put the seeded media in a knee high stocking and put it in the tank until thh sponge filter cycles. I would say maybe just get a corner filter for it, itd too small for a power filter and too big for aa pen plax small world filter, hope this helps!

Lucy

Some one gave me a 5g hex with a broken filter. I bought an HOB and my husband modified (Read used a hack saw LOL) to acomodate it.

fishlover78

Lol lucy, a hack saw! that may work too, a palm filter may work for it.

agabr123

haha, thanks for the suggestions everyone. going to look for filters today. I'm probably going to see if i can find a HOB with an adjustable flow or something, but shes very strong and could probably deal with the increased water flow.

fishlover78

your welcome, look for the plam filter, it'll be good for that tank.

agabr123

will do!

fishlover78

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