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Every Six Months
Clean Filter Bed
IMPORTANT: This process, although vital to the health of your filter bed,
can be very detrimental to your filter if done incorrectly. Please pay particular
attention to the do’s and don’ts at the end of this section.
1. Remove animals. Place lobsters in box and put box in cooler. Place fin fish in clean
container which has been filled with water from the tank.Aerate water with white
rigid tube and airstones from tank.
2. Drain tank using drain hose in side of tank.
3. Remove Upper False Bottom (A) and Bottom Filter Pad (B).
4. Wash gravel bed by agitating with a strong, hard
stream of cold water.Try to penetrate the gravel
with the stream to dislodge any accumulated debris.
A
B
