How Do I Clean My Aquarium Filter Without Getting The Crap From The Bottom Of It Into The Water?
by Aquaboy on Saturday, August 21st, 2010 | 3 Comments
I accidentally put my 60 gal. aquarium too close to the wall. Now I cannot move my filter. It is hanging on top of my aquarium. I need to get it off so I can thoroughly clean it. My filter needs to be cleaned inside of it as well as the filter cartridges. There is a bunch of gunk sitting on the bottom of the filter that I need to get out, but everytime I try, it goes into the aquarium water. Anybody have any ideas how I can clean it without having any of the dirt at the bottom of the filter get into my aquarium?
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empty the water in the tank so its light enough to slide it out from the wall a couple of inches then you clean the filter
Maybe try using a sponge to scrub the inside of the filter. Don’t wash the filter because it has bacteria in it that helps keep your fish healthy,
Take the media filter out. When you do water changes swish it in the water your going to discard. Gently though you don’t want to mangle it. The filter itself you dump the water out and either with a finger or a scrub of some sort that has never been used for anything.. and just gently scrub the guck off. Never put under tap water.