The aquarian filter is the standard equipment most often located in an aquarium which is intended for water purification from the remains of a forage, waste of activity of inhabitants of an aquarium and other organic garbage. As well as any mechanism, to it needs leaving that it could function smoothly. It is periodically necessary to clean the filter from the collected dirt which accumulates in fillers (most often they represent special sponges).
How to clean the filter samostoyatelnoobychno material for production of the aquarian filter is waterproof foam rubber. It is independently quite simple to clean the filter. It needs to be disconnected and taken from water. It is possible to wash out it a usual sponge in warm water. Periodically (each two months) it is necessary to disassemble the device completely. From the filter it is necessary to take out the rotor, and then to remove slime and the collected dirt. Also it is necessary to clean a nozzle of the aquarian filter. For this purpose any special devices are not necessary, the usual toothbrush quite will approach.
The most important – cleaning of the filtering elements
Special attention should be paid to cleaning of the filtering elements. The less their area, the quicker the filter gets littered. The internal filter on average needs to be cleaned every week, and external – twice a month. These indicators are defined individually, depending on all aquasistema.
How to clean the filter of biological type
Devices with biological type of filtration purify water by means of bacteria which live in the filtering elements. It is very important to clean correctly the filter with such principle of work. Cleaning has to take place quickly, besides, it is necessary to use only the water taken from an aquarium that the harm done to colonies of bacteria was minimum. The disease of aquarian fishes can become the only exception: after treatment it is necessary to wash out carefully the filter and fillers to get rid of infecting agents and residues of medicines. In this case you should not feel sorry for bacteria.
One more nuance
If the filter was switched off for long time (more than 2 hours), it is necessary to wash out fillers before inclusion. The fact is that colonies of bacteria, having been left without oxygen, turn into organic weight and begin to decay. If not to make cleaning of the filter, all dangerous connections will get to water and can become a cause of death of inhabitants of an aquarium.