canister filter hose cleaning - how ofter??

[-gb-]

How often do you clean the hoses leading to and from your canister filter(s)?

[Chicago Discus]

How often do you clean the hoses leading to and from your canister filter(s)?

once a week but I use the canisters for the time being in my breeding tanks so keep them pretty sterile................Josie

[Ioan C.]

Once a decade. (This means: once in 10 years.) Most of them never.

[Chicago Discus]

Once a decade. (This means: once in 10 years.)

What ever works........Josie so somewhere in the middle I guess LOL LOL.................Josie

[jimg]

Once a decade. (This means: once in 10 years.) Most of them never. yup... they get clean when you start them back up after tank cleaning!

[DonMD]

About every 3-4 months.

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I find that if I leave it for more than 2 months my fish get cloudy eyes. Clean the hoses and the cloudy eyes goes away. I just cleaned them today and boy were they filthy.

[Chicago Discus]

I find that if I leave it for more than 2 months my fish get cloudy eyes. Clean the hoses and the cloudy eyes goes away. I just cleaned them today and boy were they filthy.

Yea they get pretty nasty......Josie

[Ioan C.]

yup... they get clean when you start them back up after tank cleaning!I never stop my biofilter, not even for one minute, unless they have must be repaired, or during a power outage, but then I use a generator for electricity.
Some of them look like this:
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/7926/img0872700.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/820/img0872700.jpg/)
I find that if I leave it for more than 2 months my fish get cloudy eyes. Clean the hoses and the cloudy eyes goes away. I just cleaned them today and boy were they filthy.Maybe you have the wrong tubes, or it is something else that harms the fish, what you change unremarked when you cleanse the Tubes.
I would look for the right cause!

[Chicago Discus]

Oh man I would clean the $hit out of those hoses.....LOL...LOL...Josie

[jimg]

I never stop my biofilter, not even for one minute, unless they have must be repaired, or during a power outage, but then I use a generator for electricity. how do you clean the filter sponges (mechanical) in the filters?

[Ioan C.]

Not at all.
I do not have sponges in the biofilters.

[jimg]

Not at all.
I do not have sponges in the biofilters. you just have bio media no mechanical like sponge type pads,floss etc? what keeps the bio media clean?

[Ioan C.]

At the ends of the suction hoses are sponges.
http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/9296/009700.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/37/009700.jpg/)

[jimg]

just asking out of curiosity. I am one that never touches the bio media also. I use (not up now though) 2 ocean clear canisters with a eheim pump. first canister was a pleated 25 micron filter which kept the canister with the bio substrat clean. I would just drain some of the dead bacteria out of the bottom drain every few months. bio stayed clean for over 3 years of non stop running

[Mep1127]

I never do... well at least I dont plan to yet. I guess some people may have the urge to clean their tubes if they are transparent. The FX5 comes with those gray rigid tubes so I cant clean what I cant see lol. When i used to use HOB filters the intake was clear so i used to scrub the gunk out with those weekly with filter brushes that look like baby bottle brushes. That is the slight OCD effect with transparent equipment

[-gb-]

I have one transparent hose so I can see when the rest need to be cleaned. & yes I use cylindrical filter brushes. Work great but it's still a pain in the ***.