How often do you rinse your filter media
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I have an AC 110 on my 75 gallon and i change the carbon, sponge, and amonia remover every month or two. and every two months i wash out the whole filter with no stuff in it. algae gets all over 
My eheim every 2.5 months (Classic 2215)
My fluval every 2 months
My AC110 every week I wring the hell out of the sponges in a bucket of tank water and shake the bag of its bio real good in another bucket of tank water.
The AC110 needs to be cleaned out entirely every 2 months or so or it really starts to get gunked up. Unlike a canister all the water goes right in to the impellar first.
My fluval every 2 months
My AC110 every week I wring the hell out of the sponges in a bucket of tank water and shake the bag of its bio real good in another bucket of tank water.
The AC110 needs to be cleaned out entirely every 2 months or so or it really starts to get gunked up. Unlike a canister all the water goes right in to the impellar first.
i open my filter every 6 months, sometimes longer though. i give the bio a quick rinse in old tank water.
Guess I was rinsing mine to much. I have two 75 gallon tanks. One has Rena XP2, and a AC 70, the other has a AC 110, and a AC 70. I have been rotating rinsing one filter on each tank each week, then following week I will rinse the other.
I think I am going to go 1 time a month for each filter, and see how that works.
Thanks for the help.
I think I am going to go 1 time a month for each filter, and see how that works.
Thanks for the help.
On the AC110's (all HOB's actually) I rinse the media every week. Once a month on the FX5's. I like to get that gunk out of there. Less gunk to rot means less nitrates.
