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millsn
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Isn't it annoying when..

Post by millsn » Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:33 am

You empty out and clean your (gravel like) filter media into a bucket, only to forget that your bucket full of dirty water actually has loads of filter media in it and you dump it onto your lawn whilst disposing of the water? Took me ages to pick most of it up. Curses. :roll:

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Re: Isn't it annoying when..

Post by glenna » Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:22 am

haha!
I'll bet your neighbors think you are crazy!
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Re: Isn't it annoying when..

Post by millsn » Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:04 am

I think that ship sailed some while ago :lol:

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Re: Isn't it annoying when..

Post by starsplitter7 » Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:22 pm

Good it was filter material and not fish.

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Re: Isn't it annoying when..

Post by chefkeith » Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:51 am

I never clean my biological filter media. I just change the filter floss and rinse out the sponges.

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Re: Isn't it annoying when..

Post by Diana » Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:18 am

I run the used aquarium water from the tank to a plastic storage box and clean media in there. Then I use a pump and garden hose to get the dirty water out to the garden. The little bit of water that the pump cannot pick up is too shallow to hide anything like filter media of any sort.
38 tanks, 2 ponds over 4000 liters of water to keep clean and fresh.

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Re: Isn't it annoying when..

Post by millsn » Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:30 am

I rinse my media in old water but that's all. In the case above I was stripping down my old tank now no longer in use

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Re: Isn't it annoying when..

Post by ClownLoachSharky » Sun Nov 20, 2011 1:58 am

Haha lol
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You wouldnt have that problem with a V8

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