Rusty Sprinkler Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Honestly... who has read that you should clean your sponge filter in tank water and squeezed it out in the tank turning the tank into an apocalyptic bog ? ME... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 If I’m setting up a new ugly fry tank and want it instantly mulm-y diatom covered and a plethora of micro fauna I squeeze out several to get it good and yucky-yummy for fry. My eggs hatch fine and my fry do great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Eric_ Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 On 7/25/2022 at 3:16 PM, Rusty Sprinkler said: Honestly... who has read that you should clean your sponge filter in tank water and squeezed it out in the tank turning the tank into an apocalyptic bog ? ME... I may have had a “friend” that did the same thing with an HOB sponge back in the day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettsPapa Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 On 7/25/2022 at 3:16 PM, Rusty Sprinkler said: Honestly... who has read that you should clean your sponge filter in tank water and squeezed it out in the tank turning the tank into an apocalyptic bog ? ME... That probably began as someone saying to rinse them in tank water, due to the mistaken belief many people have that if you rinse them in tap water the chlorine will kill off the bacteria colony. As I said, that's not correct anyway, at least for filters in established tanks. I probably wouldn't rinse out one from a new tank in tap water. If anyone is curious about where I got my information, see below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flumpweesel Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 I clean my filter on a different day than I change water so under the tap goes everything. Admittedly that is a canister filter so it is cleaned far less frequently than I water change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) On 7/26/2022 at 11:56 AM, JettsPapa said: That probably began as someone saying to rinse them in tank water, due to the mistaken belief many people have that if you rinse them in tap water the chlorine will kill off the bacteria colony. As I said, that's not correct anyway, at least for filters in established tanks. I probably wouldn't rinse out one from a new tank in tap water. If anyone is curious about where I got my information, see below. In Cory's nitrogen cycle video, he is saying that not all the beneficial bacteria live on the filter. They are split between the other things in the tank as well: substrate, decor, etc. So even if theoretically you kill the bacteria on something (ie: sponge filter), there are other things in the tank that still carry it, and you should be OK. Same thing that Jason from Prime Time Aquatics said in his video as well. Jason is a microbiologist, BTW. Edited July 26, 2022 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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