Aquarium Air Pump Maintenance

in Hive Pets6 months ago

Hello friends! Just thought I'd write as a friendly reminder to other people with air pumps for filters and bubblers in their aquariums, to change those filter pads!


the old one in half on the left, the new clean one on the right

The old one ripped in half as I was taking it out, and was quite dirty. Just like when I sweep and I get a pile of dust, I wonder how it gets so dirty in here when I have two (2) HEPA air purifiers running at all times. And they work - my allergies are much improved with them. But this too is an air filter, so of course it collected dust!

It's a rare maintenance kinda thing that people probably forget about, so I thought I would drop a reminder since I finally remembered, lol.

And now the good gentlemen of the aquarium will have nice clean air being pumped into the water again. 🐟🐌

Have a great day everyone! 😄

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Wow dearest I never really realized how important regular maintenance for aquarium air pumps is. It's nice to see some cleaning done for the fishes🥰

I think a lot of people don't realize there is a little filter. Even looking for them online, I only saw replacements on eBay. It's thicker than craft store felt, so I'm glad I was able to find more.
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It looks amazing dear... !LUV

Wow
I never knew that aquarium also need maintenance aside from maybe washing it
Thanks for sharing

This is for the air pump that pushes water through the sponge filter. So it helps keep the water clean and adds oxygen. :)
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I can see how that could be easily overlooked, and I'm sure it makes a difference for the habitat. !BEER

It was so dusty, hopefully the air flow is more clean for them now. :)