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16. Reprogram the chemical maintenance schedule
by going to the Operational Menu on the front
panel. Press Enter to access the menu and use
the scroll key to move down to the Chemical
option.
17. Press Enter to highlight the schedule. Press
enter again to reset the counter.
18. Scroll to “YES” and press enter and the count
will start up from zero.
19. Press “Esc” to leave.
20. Repeat this process in another 15-30 days or
according to the manufacturer’s recommenda-
tions for your particular chemical media.
BIOLOGICAL FILTER MEDIA MAINTENANCE
The Fluval pre-filter system is very efficient, and
cleaning or replacement of the G-nodes is only re-
quired once or twice per year.
Only half the G-nodes should be cleaned or replaced
at any given time. Replacing or rinsing all the G-
nodes at once will wipe out the healthy and helpful
bacteria created, and adversely affect the health and
balance of the aquarium.
Equipment needed to clean biological filter: Bucket
1. Unplug the filter from the electrical supply.
2. To remove the
AQUASTOP Valve, lift
the silver AQUASTOP
valve lever and the black
AQUASTOP release
lever. Remove the
AQUASTOP valve
assembly.
3. Keep the silver AQUASTOP lever pushed up and
push the black AQUASTOP release lever down.
Open the cartridge lid. If the AQUASTOP lever is
not fully lifted, the valve may still be open and
cause the water to spill from the filter when the
mechanical pre-filter and chemical cartridges are
removed.
4. Remove the mechanical pre-filter cartridge
(located on the left) and the chemical filter
cartridge (located on the right), by turning the
knob counter-clockwise from the “ ” position
to the “ ” position. Place the cartridges in
a
bucket.
5. Open the 4 silver met-
al lid fasteners located
on each corner of the
filter. Take off the filter
head, and carefully set
it aside so not to dam-
age the sensors on the
underside of the lid.
6. Lift out the biological
media basket cover and
place it aside.
7. Using the handles,
lift out the biological
baskets. Pour out the
water remaining in the
filter canister into a
bucket.
8. Rinse or replace
G-nodes as necessary.
Note: When clean-
ing the biological filter
media, ONLY aquarium
water should be used to
rinse them. By using normal tap water, all useful
bacteria on the filter media might be killed by
chlorine and/or heavy metals. To preserve the
biological colonies, do not replace more than one
basket of G-Nodes at a time.
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