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It has a sponge inside that I was advised to clean every 2 weeks when I do a 30% water change. The instructions don tell me how it filters and I don understand how it can filter biologically???

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It has a sponge inside that I was advised to clean every 2 weeks when I do a 30% water change. The instructions don tell me how it filters and I don understand how it can filter biologically???

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< The bacteria that break down the fish waste live on things like gravel , plants and on the surface of sponges. When you clean the sponge you gently squeeze it out in a bucket of aquarium water. The bacteria remain and the waste is flushed out into the bucket.

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