biOrb FLOW 30L Complete Cleaning Guide

biOrb FLOW 30L Complete Cleaning Guide

[FionaclarkClark]

I use tapsafe, just a quarter teaspoon every tank water change of 80 percent every 10 days or so. Have had my cloud minnows x4 and I Harlequin razbora for the past 3 years, so must have got something right, I feed Hikari fish food, I bought a bubble tube guard for around 3.20 from amazon to stop inquisitive fish! Removing central filter, washing sponges in draining tankwater, and replacing airstone, cleaning the tank sides, replacing temperature controlled water takes me around 45 minutes. Nice tank biorb flow, mine is the black one, great to see a tank that's not overstocked, looks great.

[Mozspeare]

A million and one steps later. This is why sales of aquariums are usually limited to actual hobbyists. The average household or family would find this inaccessible. All that work and ground hogs day starts all over again. Definitely an opportunity to improve the offering exists. If I created a system, it would be an easy product where each week you remove the filter and rinse well and reinstall. Plus a system of cleaning where a few long lasting cleaning brushes are supplied with an A4 page tutorial with photos for cleaning in 3 simple steps: scrub; turn light on to check; then scrub again. All up 2 minutes each time, including removal and reinstalling of filter. All that extra stuff like treatments and replacing of media is just a headache and a half. Totally devalues the experience. This is the reason why I quit aquariums although inside my heart I will always have a place for the beauty that a properly functioning aquarium offers.

[Tim_]

Its a nice tank and there is upgrade kits out now that allow gravel to be used

[HappyEater]

Love your biOrb tube line, but wish you made a 60L variant - 35L is a bit small. Will we see new biOrb sizes soon - 90/120L?

[meganlouise]

Hi I've got a really bad build up on fish waste and food waste in the bottom of my biorb tube 30L and I've gotva siphon but it doesn't seem to pick it up and the water goes very dirty very quickly. The only fish I have is guppies and one betta fish

[emmanuelulloa]

Often do you have to do this ? Planning on getting this model. Thanks

[elhugeo]

All that biOrb stuff is making my wallet hurt.

[Cali-]

What gavel cleaning tool are you using? Provide link?

[familyjones]

Thinking of buying this setup, I am new to this fish lark and like neon tetras and guppy’s.
Suppliers are advising that the tank only needs cleaning every 6-8 weeks, is this correct.
This style will suit our lounge how many fish would be best in here. TIA

[intertitto]

the rubber brush is from accessory Biorb ?

[camillamoen]

I have some questions: Can you turn down the flow of bubbles? Do you need to replace parts/pebble often? Thank you so much in advance!

[GotPurr]

Why the heck would you want to throw out the foam filter where all the beneficial bacteria live? This is just a ploy to get you to spend money, because replacing an old filter with a new filter, and not just rinsing it in aquarium water, will certainly throw off the nitrogen cycle and cause a spike in ammonia, and kill your fish.

The right way to do this is replace the activated charcoal in the filter one week, and a couple weeks later, rinse the foam sponge in the dirty water and put it back into the filter cartridge. Never do replace or rinse both in the same water change.

You should only throw out a foam filter when you have another foam filter already in the tank, being seeded with beneficial bacteria for 2 or 3 weeks, so you can use it to replace the foam you're throwing away. This is the only way the nitrogen cycle doesn't get interrupted. The substrate that comes with these BiOrbs is not enough for bacteria to live.... The bulk of the bacteria lives in the foam and charcoal.... substrate, foam and charcoal must always be seeded with beneficial bacteria to keep your aquarium "cycled" so you don't kill your fish. If one of them is removed or replaced with new media and you don't have seeded media to install immediately, I guarantee your fish are gonna die. If they don't die you're extremely lucky.

[patiapgar]

How often does the Biorb need to be cleaned?

[HSwanny]

You missed a bit mate... At top of tank between water line and lid... Smh... Tut tut.... 🤦🏾