rinsing cartriadges
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i would only clean mech filtration in dirty tank water if i'm going to reuse it.
new stuff will get a tap rinse, but always a dunk in removed tank water before getting close to any of my filters. not really a huge hassle
new stuff will get a tap rinse, but always a dunk in removed tank water before getting close to any of my filters. not really a huge hassle
Dr Joe;537311; said:
But what's with the tap water thing, with some people this is their only bio-filtration...and believe it or not a bio-wheel is NOT a big bio-filter. Yeah..There I said it. If you just watch it you can see how much water by-passes the bacteria, instead of flowing thru (by) it. I did't say not to use a bio-wheel, I think they're great add-ons, just don't kill off the other filter for the sake of convenience. If that were the case we could get plastic fish and fill the tanks with glyserin...hey no algae problems either
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And now comes everyone saying they don't have any problems cleaning with tap water... alot of people don't SEEM to have a problem with secondhand cigarette smoke either! NOW. Same with fish. They are way to sensitive and with so many variables in a tank it's hard to prove other than empirically what causes what problems. Lateral line desease, hole in head syndrome are a couple of examples. (where's the guy who's Mom is a microbiologist maybe we can get some free lab time?)
I just don't what the noobies and the uninformed to take it the wrong way and think that if you can wash a HOB filter out with tap water then it follows that it's ok for the W/D too.
hhmm...
I think I need to cut back on the red bull.
Dr Joe
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As I said before only do one at a time and in the penguin filters there is a second basket that you can fill with whatever. fill it with biomedia and don't touch it. Rinsing one cartridge every 2 weeks isn't going to send your tank into a panic. Espescially if your not over stocked. Another thing to remember is all of your substrate and even that glass are covered in bacteria. I would rather get the cartridge very clean than worry about a small amount of bacteria. Now if you have a different type of filter or aren't using the secondary baskets you might want to be carefull
