filter cleaning

In the last few days I've read a couple of times that cleaning the filter
with tap water kills all the good bio-bugs. Is this true of any water (say,
untreated well water), or just chlorinated water? Once and a while I give
the filter a quick rinse to get the yeech off the back, but our water is
totally untreated. If you can't rinse it off, how *do* you get the yuck off?
(I'm speaking of stuff like uneaten flake food)
thanks,
Laurie

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In the last few days I've read a couple of times that cleaning the filter
with tap water kills all the good bio-bugs. Is this true of any water (say,
untreated well water), or just chlorinated water? Once and a while I give
the filter a quick rinse to get the yeech off the back, but our water is
totally untreated. If you can't rinse it off, how *do* you get the yuck off?
(I'm speaking of stuff like uneaten flake food)
thanks,
Laurie



Well water is OK. It's chlorine/choramine that's to be avoided.
Gunther

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In the last few days I've read a couple of times that cleaning the filter
with tap water kills all the good bio-bugs. Is this true of any water
(say,
untreated well water), or just chlorinated water? Once and a while I give
the filter a quick rinse to get the yeech off the back, but our water is
totally untreated. If you can't rinse it off, how *do* you get the yuck
off?
(I'm speaking of stuff like uneaten flake food)
thanks,
Laurie



If untreated and safe to drink then that would be fine.
You don't say how often the flake food plugs the system. I might suggest
cutting back on the food, or switching to pellets which don't break down as
much. I could also suggest turning off the filter for the 5-10 minutes
needed for the fish to eat, but there is a very real chance that one might
forget to restart the filter.
As one of my hobbyist friends says, "No fat filter is ever going to win a
prize".

Jim