mfdrookie516
Aquarium Free - 2+ Years
Ok, gotta question for you guys... Im kind of wondering if im being OCD or if maybe im doing this wrong, not real sure... Its about filters. My filters never get dirty, the cartridges do, but i always take my filters off when i do a water change, keep the cartridge in a bucket of tank water, and thoroughly scrub the filter itself... it usually has just a little white line on the top where the water flows, im guessing calcium or hard water deposites... my question is should i be doing this? i ask because i have purchased a few filters used, and looked at several other tanks, and their filters are extremely nasty looking... they are covered in a white gunk and usually have green stuff all over them, im assuming thats algae... is it proper to clean them weekly/bi-weekly, or just let it go and build up gunk?