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Is It Time To Clean My Filter

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Offline graygang

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is it time to clean my filter
« on: September 05, 2013, 10:38:22 AM »
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Tanks been cycled roughly 2 months is it time to give my filter a clean,?I wanted to make sure the good bacteria has really built up .atm I have another filter in there but it's only.been in a few days so is no we're near matured
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Re: is it time to clean my filter
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2013, 02:52:39 PM »
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There is no set time for cleaning a filter. Different tanks require different cleaning schedules. Next time you do a water change, open it up. If the media is covered in brown goo, wash it off gently in the water you've just taken out. if there's no brown goo, leave it till another time.
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Re: is it time to clean my filter
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2013, 03:26:42 PM »
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Okay thanks for your help will do that on the weekend
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