eagerinsight

My canister filter is about 6 months old, and has about 6ft of clear hoses. When I was behind my stand today I noticed that there brown hairy things in the hoses, I assume that they are some type of algae. Should I clean the hoses, of should I just leave them alone?

jdhef

I would say to leave them alone until/unless the flow is being restricted.

eagerinsight

Is the algae the source of the snow storm that happens when I restart the filter?

ThisGuy

I just use the pipe cleaner brushes that they sell at the pet store, i do that once a month when i clean out the canister.