I do it every other week during water changes. No matter how many times that I crank up the powerhead, I believe that using a turkey baster every once in a while does a better job at reaching some areas.
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I've definitely found that to be the case in every tank I've owned or worked on as wellI do it every other week during water changes. No matter how many times that I crank up the powerhead, I believe that using a turkey baster every once in a while does a better job at reaching some areas.
I've regularly used a mag drive pump to do so on a 700 and a 500 gallon tankOnce in a while... but I actually just use a toothbrush to do the job. I basically never put a pump in and move it all around. I think this becomes unmanageable with larger tanks... but maybe some of you do it on your huge tanks? Curious really.
I’ve found using an aqua clear powerhead can make it easier, but I don’t want to rob you of those sweet, sweet forearm gains either!on the 29 gallon I blow them off at least once a month, on the 75 gallon, I seem to be doing it about twice a week when I change filter socks..... I need to find a baster with a bigger bulb on it, I feel like Popeye after blowing the rocks off, the forearm pump is real!
I’ve found using an aqua clear powerhead can make it easier, but I don’t want to rob you of those sweet, sweet forearm gains either!
Blast away monthly!
The answer is either Never, or Four times a day, depending on your definition of blowing out...
I have a pair of Tunze 6105's connected to my Apex. Normally, they run a 1 minute ramp up, 25 - 40%, inverse, meaning one is ramping down while the other is ramping up, then they swap.
At 6am, Noon, 6PM, and Midnight, I kick both 6105's up to 100% power for 2 minutes. Really moves some water... Each is rated at 3400 GPH, with both running full out, there isn't anything settling in my tank. In fact, I've had to glue down my frag rack Fish seem to have gotten used to it, though they freaked out a bit at first. Don't seem to mind anymore.
Nothing there to manually blow out