Filter gunk -- Anyone got this problem?

Potawato

Medium Fish
Jan 31, 2007
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It seems my tank is very biologically active, so much so in fact that after about a week a new filter is so covered in green goo my bio-wheel barley manages to turn at all (it stops for 5 sec, turns half an inch, and stops again) The recommended time to change a filter is 2-4 weeks but there's no way mine could last that long, my bio-wheel would stop completely because water flow through the filter is so low with the gunk.


Any way to stop so much from building up so fast? (It's freshwater)