Another Filter Media Question

[Tag2008]

Hi Guys,

Ive been reading a few posts on filter media and still have some questions..

The importance of the media and how it houses your bacteria are very clear to me but the changing of media is still not so clear..

When I kept fish in the psat I never changed my foam sponges that I had at the time all i did was swill them in the tank water as I did a change if they looked real dirty and clogged looking but this didnt happen much..

I now have an external fluval 305 I think it is and I have a built in Juwel 180 filter with foam media..

The external has the white ceramic cones inside and Im not to clear if this ever needs replacing?

The internal has the foam and to be honest its quite tough looking foam? and appears it would last for month and months or longer?

Do I need to replace the media or will a swill in the old water b4 I chuck the water during a water change be good enough? Do I just need to change it cause the LFS want to sell more?


Whoops. I just noticed Ive posted in the wrong forum this was supposed to go to the newbies forum.. sorry..

Thanks again
Tag

 

[JenCliBee]

only replace media if it basically is falling apart, the cceramics should last pretty much years if i remmeber ritely lol
as 2 cleaning yeh just lightly swish it around in tank wter and that should be fine

jen

 

[adamgreen240]

My fluval biomax has been in my 405 for about a year, no need to replace them , or foams until they have litrelly fell apart. The manufacturers will tell you to replace them much more often but this is just so they get more sales!

 

[Tag2008]

Thanks Guys...