neurotik
Aquarium Advice Freak
I have an Eheim Ecco 2236 canister filter running on my new 55 gallon community tank, and I was just wondering what the most effective way to clean the filter would be without too much risk of removing the beneficial bacteria and putting my tank into a mini cycle, and also how often should such maintenance be performed on a filter like this?
My filter has a fine filter pad (white filter pad) on the top of the first media basket, the rest of the first basket as well as the other middle baskets are filled with Eheim's SUBSTRATpro filter media (little bio balls), and then there is a coarse foam pad (blue pad) at the bottom of the last filter basket.
I read through the information that came with the filter, and they recommend cleaning it and replacing stuff every 3-6 months, but I figured I'd ask some of you the best way to go about cleaning it and what I should and should not be replacing each time I clean it so that I don't cause any re-cycling problems for my tank.
Thanks in advance!
My filter has a fine filter pad (white filter pad) on the top of the first media basket, the rest of the first basket as well as the other middle baskets are filled with Eheim's SUBSTRATpro filter media (little bio balls), and then there is a coarse foam pad (blue pad) at the bottom of the last filter basket.
I read through the information that came with the filter, and they recommend cleaning it and replacing stuff every 3-6 months, but I figured I'd ask some of you the best way to go about cleaning it and what I should and should not be replacing each time I clean it so that I don't cause any re-cycling problems for my tank.
Thanks in advance!