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#paulB regarding washing the filter cartridge - would it work if I opened up the filter housing, and manually rinsed the cartridge in a bucket to wash it? Instead of backwashing. The 20" long cartridge that I use takes up to 40 minutes and a lot of water to backwash

...doing regular water changes all these years does not mean that the thought process was right. I like hearing from all of the old salts like #paulB, they have been doing this for a long time and there is value in their wisdom. I am still in the occasional water change club, but with a busy...

If I remember right he claims that it those additives don't really help or hurt anything so I stopped spending $ on them. Maybe he can chime in @PaulB