How To Properly Clean My Filter?

Its time to clean my filter! I have a Fluval C4 power filter.
What is the best way to clean all the junk out without losing too much of my beneficial bacteria?
Thanks!

 

fill a bucket with tank water.
turn off your filter & open it
gently rinse/squeeze your media in the bucket of tank water
put media back & re-set up your filter as per it's instructions.
turn it back on

voila!

 

Next water change capture a bucket full and swish the biomedia around in the discard tank water then gently squeeze the sponge a few times. If the water gets gross and black from the sponge empty the bucket add a bit more tank water and squeeze a bit more until it's not making the water totally gross.

 

Clean the impellor. Mine was dirty, power whent out and when it came back on the impellor didnt spjn, it heated the filter till the water dried out and cooked all the dirt and it was bad

 

Next water change capture a bucket full and swish the biomedia around in the discard tank water then gently squeeze the sponge a few times. If the water gets gross and black from the sponge empty the bucket add a bit more tank water and squeeze a bit more until it's not making the water totally gross.

Alrighty! Thank you