Recent content by guppyboy62

re: cleaning foam blocks I have had reef tanks as well as freshwater tanks. The hollow ceramic cylinders are the best for bacteria. Bio balls are great too. I place the bags they are in in the aquarium when I clean the filter....then back into the clean filter. The foam blocks I use strictly...

The best way I've found to clean the 110 foam filters is to lay them on a concrete sidewalk, then use a hose with a nozzle set to hard stream. I spray them on each side and both ends. Then I hold one end so that it's hanging down and wring it from the top down as tight as I can. Then I repeat...