like in a wet dry,when you turn off the pump to do water changes.
how long can it go without water flowing on it?
how long can it go without water flowing on it?
how long can bio media be "out of water"?
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i have media in 2 different filters for one tank.
but good idea on pump
anyone else? how long do you leave your media out of water in your w/d?
but good idea on pump
anyone else? how long do you leave your media out of water in your w/d?
midnight;1469481; said:i have media in 2 different filters for one tank.
but good idea on pump
anyone else? how long do you leave your media out of water in your w/d?
"Out of water"? 10 seconds to transfer, but never left out of water.
Wolf3101 has the right idea.
Last resort, put it in a container and add/change water with old tank water every 20 minutes during the W/C's.
Once the bacteria start dying off it kills the other bacteria and exponentially gets worse and may be uncorrectable.
Which filter is the in?
Dr Joe
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Wow u guys think the bb dies within minutes or evan seconds from being removed from the water i am sure i have killed my bb many times over i wonder why there has never been a negative effect from this on my tanks? I use hob's with scrubbies in them for bio media when i do filter mantainece i usualy empty the scrubbies into a 5gal bucket and rub them together in wc waste water to unclog them.Then i take apart the filter and hose out the inside and put the clean scrubbies back in the filter and it all just sits on the table for oh say a hour while i do several more filters the same way i have had no problems yet.I have been doing filter maintenace this way for a year now ever since i learned of scrubbies here at mfk.
thats what i was thinking big train.lol
joe,this is all on the 240
all my other filters the media is underwater all the time.
but on the 240 it actually has 2 wet "dry" parts.
when i did work on it last time.
i was curious on this
so i looked at the bio balls about an hour into the water change.
the bio balls were still wet so i figured all was good.
still curious how others with w/d do this?
or will they not speak up now cus they do it like i did.lol
joe,this is all on the 240
all my other filters the media is underwater all the time.
but on the 240 it actually has 2 wet "dry" parts.
when i did work on it last time.
i was curious on this
so i looked at the bio balls about an hour into the water change.
the bio balls were still wet so i figured all was good.
still curious how others with w/d do this?
or will they not speak up now cus they do it like i did.lol
I just shut the pump off and let the sump fill up to the point where all the media is covered before I start to pull water out of the tank.
This is also how I test to see if my sump can handle the volume if the power goes out. I also have a battery backup air pump in the sump that switches on when the pump goes off
This is also how I test to see if my sump can handle the volume if the power goes out. I also have a battery backup air pump in the sump that switches on when the pump goes off
I either leave the sump fill to cover the media.Or i have a small bowl at the tank and just dump water of it every so often.