Cleaning Aqua Clear 300

[mickgibbo]

Hello,

I was wondering how often everyone cleans their Aqua Clear 300 and also how often they change the filter media??

Also what Aqua Clear 300 Filter media do you use???

Cheers

[Ash]

I've got an Aquaclear mini but it's the same in principle...

I only use sponge unless I need to remove meds or something. You could use two sponges if you wanted.

I Squeeze out the sponge in old tank water every 2nd water change (ie: every 2nd week)

I clean the impellor roughly every four water changes.

I probably replace the sponge once a year, out of worry that it might dis-intergrate & go through the tank.

I've had the mini on my 2' tank for over 5 years without any dramas, great filter in my opinion.

Hope this helps.

Ash

[mickgibbo]

It seem that alot of people have 2 sponges, is the other media no necessary

[pride]

I use both AC300 & AC500's and clean the media in tank water every fortnight and give the housing and propeller a clean once a month. For media I use the sponge that comes with them on the bottom, polyester cot wadding on top of the sponge and media bags full of matrix rocks on top.

[Mazimbwe]

The only media to use is the sponge that comes in the box(throw the carbon in the bin). I use 2 in most of my AC's...or I make up my own media-bags using stockings as the bag, full of Matrix or Dinitrate(whatever media you like).

I rinse the sponges/media about every fortnight, tho I am not religious about it, and I clean the whole unit at the same time. This adds maybe 5 minutes to the media-cleaning time so I see little point in putting it of.

HTH

[BaZ]

I am only running 1 aquaclear at the moment, an aquaclear300 on my 100L multifasciatus tank.

Because the filter is kinda big for the tank, and the tank is also not heavily stocked, I clean it once every 6 mths. Cleaning involves some impellor attention too.

I use 3 sponges in it, no need for any other media in my opinion, and you should never need to replace the sponges.

One of these sponges came from an old filter I am not currently using, and the sponge would be around 10 years old I think.