Marine Pure BioFilter Media cleaning?

[PapaBear941]

Hello,

Wanted to check in and see if others who use the Marine Pure products, do you clean the media, and how often do you? I have the 1.5" spheres running in the 2nd chamber of my Fluval 13.5, the tank has been up for about a year, but has only had corals in it since August. From February-August it just had sand and rock in it, no livestock, so there wasnt much of a bioload on the tank during that time. Just wondering if anybody rinses theirs or what to look for in the tank when maybe you should? Thanks in advance.

 

[tpirovol]

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[PapaBear941]

Any opinions...

 

[pecan2phat]

If your running any type of pre filter before the media, you should not need to clean the media too often maybe a few times a year if you find a lot of sludge adhered to the media.
If you do need to clean the media, probably the best way is when you perform a water change and use that water to dunk the media and aggressively swirl in the old saltwater and that's it or you will kill the bacteria.

 

[beehive124]

I never ever rinse media. IMO I think it's best to have the most bacteria possible to wipe out the nasties (ammonia + nitrites)

 

[PapaBear941]

If your running any type of pre filter before the media, you should not need to clean the media too often maybe a few times a year if you find a lot of sludge adhered to the media.
If you do need to clean the media, probably the best way is when you perform a water change and use that water to dunk the media and aggressively swirl in the old saltwater and that's it or you will kill the bacteria.

Thats what I ended up doing about 2 weeks ago. In all I had 6 of the 1.5" spheres in the bottom part of my chamber 2 media basket.

Thanks for the reply.