Wavebox maintenance

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by christyf5

I clean mine when I clean my powerheads. That is, when I remember to clean my powerheads I guess this is about every 3-6 months or so. It always boggles my mind how much stuff grows in there. Its a haven for bubble algae and feather dusters (no coralline though ). Nothing grows on the sponge except for the dreaded "detritus". I really wish they'd come up with a better system than that sponge as I think its the source of my nitrate issues, or at least part of it.

Yeah it is amazing! I have started cleaning my powerheads along with my return pump, siphoning my sump and rocks every month when I do a water change. Water change maintenance has become a 2 hour thing once a month now but I notice a huge difference in both equipment performance and also health of the tank. I used to only clean my powerheads like once a year