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I was just wondering how often people clean the filters in their tanks, and what kind of filter they use?

Thanks

Carl

I clean mine once a month & change nearly all the filter media, with the exception of the ceramic cells.


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I clean mine when I remember.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

I usually clean my internal aquaball filter once a month, but
once I get a canister I will probably clean it less often.

I clean anything that looks like it needs cleaning, the
sponge and filter wool, I also take my aquarium sponge and
scrub the chassis of the filter. Every other month or so I
take apart the impeller and clean it out. Try and leave the
biological media untouched though, mayb a quick rinse with
clean dechlorinated water to get rid of loose gunk and
detritus, but otherwise you want to leave the bacterial
colonies intact.

HTH,
Megil.

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posting style, but I find it so much easier to read so I
have decided to start using it


Last edited by Megil Tel'Zeke at 31-Oct-2005 00:48

I have 2 HOB filters one of them I only clean once every 1-2 months (expensive piece of crap) the other I do about every two weeks (cheap piece of crap).

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I have two canister filters on my 115g. And I usually clean them about once every two months.

I alternate them. So one month i'll clean canister A then the next month i'll clean canister B.

I use HOB's, and clean the catrdiges when they get nasty, and the chassis once a month.

I never touch the bio wheels.