Do you clean your Media Baskets?

[thegrimreefer]

Hello! Was just curious to see if you all clean your media baskets regularly. I pulled mine out to replace a chemipure bag and noticed all kinds of different sized sponges? Just wanted to avoid this and anything else seeking refuge in there spreading into the tank.

 

[thegrimreefer]

This is in an AIO tank by the way

 

[ShepherdReefer]

What do you mean about media baskets?

 

[thegrimreefer]

What do you mean about media baskets?

The inTank media baskets used for holding filter floss, purigen, and other chemical/mechanical filtration media

 

[RiversideReefer]

i have media baskets and i don't plan on cleaning them. interested to hear what others have to say.

 

[Bryknicks]

Hello! Was just curious to see if you all clean your media baskets regularly. I pulled mine out to replace a chemipure bag and noticed all kinds of different sized sponges? Just wanted to avoid this and anything else seeking refuge in there spreading into the tank.

The sponges and microfauna are beneficial. I only rinse my media baskets in old tank water to remove any loose detritus, the rest can stay!

 

[snowhite]

Sponges are good. They're welcome to do their filtering thing as far as I'm concerned.

 

[cmoore806]

I don't clean the intank media baskets in my fluval evo 13.5 AIO tank. I do, however, change the filter floss as needed to keep chamber 3 water level up and I change the carbon out every two weeks.

 

[Marco S]

I never clean the media baskets in my IM Fusion 20 and it has been up and running for almost two years. I use it for a Coral QT and the parameters are more stable than my DT at the moment. I do not have any fish, just coral and a few inverts so that may be a factor, but the baskets themselves don't really get that dirty, but have plenty of life growing on them. i figure it's good because I can throw any coral in that tank and it will thrive. I have even taken coral that wasn't doing so well in my DT and put it back in QT to nurse it back to health and the tank is solid.

So, my vote is not to clean the baskets themselves, just change out the media when needed.