cleaning an Eheim 2262?

[newb]

Well, Im about to clean my Eheim 2262 for the first time...its been like 5months. I know I should have done it sooner,but I have been intimidated by the project at hand! Any tips?

[gotticgs]

do it in the shower or tub when you open it up other than that just look for the sludge

[newb]

why the shower or tub???

[newb]

just finished...it wasnt that bad at all. It will be ALOT more easy if I invest in another bag for the ceramic rings to go into. I will be doing that shortly and just keep it on hand until I clean this filter again. I discovered baby MTS in the filter...oh well...I guess we all get them eventually.

[Darbex]

Yeah MTS love to live in the filter eating up all the crap. Its really easy to clean that thing if you have the media in the bag because you can pull it out and hose it down a little and rinse the canister out real quick and throw it all back together.

[SOULJAA]

What's MTS?

[peterp63]

malaysian trumpet snails

[Darbex]

The most dreaded of all snails in the aquarium world

[TheOldMan]

My Eheim cannisters make great red shrimp hatcheries. Always have a dozen or so every other month that I clean them.

[Darbex]

Thats true me too

[tnguyen]

When I clean my filter, I always use aquarium water to clean. just pull the bag out with media and dip in a bucket to loosen the crap out and throw them back in the eheim with new filter floss. never use untreated tap water as it kill your bio load.

[newb]

I know that...but I always use tap water when cleaning the filters...I just use multiple filters on each tank so that the bio-cycle doesnt start over.

[geoff_tropheus]

I use Bio Bale, so its really easy to clean those things.

You keep em full of Eheim media, you better have media bags, or its a long night...

[geoff_tropheus]

If you dont mind copper, dose with had a snail, put all 125 drops in your filter.

Its a 125 gallon tank right?

[newb]

no this is on my 210gallon tank.