"Szpond" wrote in message
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Thank you so much for your help. But, if I clean my bio-filter, don't I
loose
all my "bugs"? It took me HOURS to clean all those little scrubby pads
last
year. Store wanted $125 for new ones, so I spent the hours doing it.
Perhaps
I should put something in the bio-filter that is easier to clean? I will
do a
water change now.

I use a VF not a biofilter, but I think what the biofilter people are saying
is that you should get ridge of the sludge. Don't scrub each bio ball cleanm
just mix up the contents, get rid of any solids, etc.

BV.