Filtration/partial water changes

[Tomasrf1]

Hello everyone. I’m new to the site and I’d like to say hello to everyone on this site. I have a Penn-Plax cascade All-In-One canister filter. The model is the 1500. When o do my partial water changes how do I go about cleaning the media in each tray? I also didn’t put the Carbon in one of the trays. Should I have put it in or not? Thanks in advance.

 

[wolfen]

unless you have added bio-media your main filter media is foam/sponge which is rinsed/squeezed through with old tank water (because you are relying on the sponges for biological filtration never rinse/wash in tap water).
carbon is good for removing chemicals in the water ie.. medications, tannins, left over chlorine, although it can be removed if not needed (has to be replaced monthly anyway)

 

[Tomasrf1]

unless you have added bio-media your main filter media is foam/sponge which is rinsed/squeezed through with old tank water (because you are relying on the sponges for biological filtration never rinse/wash in tap water).
carbon is good for removing chemicals in the water ie.. medications, tannins, left over chlorine, although it can be removed if not needed (has to be replaced monthly anyway)

Thank you