What cleans water in the fishtank

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SeverumKid

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I was just wondering, what really cleans our aquariums. Is it the filter media that we use? Or is it the bacteria that grows on our media? Just figured I ask.
 

haddaj04

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Combination of both. The filters trap the particles and the bacteria dissolve most of them, it's why you get the sludgy slime film on the filter.
 

BettaFishMommy

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we, the fishkeepers, clean the aquariums. lol.


i know that's not the answer you were looking for. hadda is correct, the media stops the waste particles and the bacteria takes it from there.
 
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