Hello; First, I acknowledge some off topic but important points were made. Good to emprise the risks of tap water with chloramines and that a fish keeper needs to know what their water is treated with. Good post from duanes about test strips so a homeowner can get an idea of the strength of chloramines at their tap. Information worth having so a WC can be done without issues.
OK back on topic. After reading all the posts and watching the video. A main sticking point for some was the video showed rinsing filter parts with tap water. The first crime was his audacity to say he did not see any harm to the tank from doing this. Followed by a claim he did not feel the tap water killed off too much of the BB by doing so. Then he capped the atrocity by reassembling the filter and putting it back into use. Followed by a scene of the tank sometime later.
I wonder if any follow up videos of that same tank might exist. That way if all was good with the fish shown we all could see they are OK. Another thing on my wish list would be if the guy did a series of tests for ammonia levels in the next days on the same tank. Those of you who are into those videos might know a way to contact the guy and suggest such a thing. A form of dogma says he made a dire mistake and made false claims. Perhaps he will back up his claims with proof?
Taking various things into account I suggested ways the use of tap water to clean a nasty tank. Even these appear to not have passed muster so far. Lets put those suggestions aside for a bit and get back to something which received little attention. That being how to clean a filter as nasty as the one in the video. It cannot be that filters never get nasty or clogged up to the point of needing a thorough cleaning. A cleaning more than swissing the parts in old tank water. Two suggestions were made. One by me.
Another suggested the use of RId-X to prevent the buildup in filters. I did try the RID-X in a tank for a time. Not long enough to find out much about it. Had an outbreak of small beetles in th RID-X box.
