Habitat - Indoor :: If your cannister filter had / has four baskets how would...

[steve]

Remember that chemical media like carbon needs to be replaced, it will not be effective when reused.

[grem89]

i use polyester pillow fill and about 15 pot scrubbers for biomedia. effective and cheapppppp.

[MoreBloodWine]

i use polyester pillow fill and about 15 pot scrubbers for biomedia. effective and cheapppppp.

Intersting, hows that work out for ya ?

[Chrisbarnett]

I use pot scrubbers in the canister on my 30gal cichlid tank.. Works well. Cheap and effective bio media. Not as good as Biomax/Ehfisubstrat/etc but it sure does the job.

In my 404, I busted out a lot of biomedia.. 2 stuffed trays of Biomax, and the rest is microfiltration media. I can't remember what I have going on in one of the baskets... I should remember next time I open it up.

[MoreBloodWine]

Ok, dumb question but by definition what is Bio Media ?

The meadia used to catch all the poop n gunk ?

[Chrisbarnett]

No. That is the foam/prefilter/etc job. Biomedia should be one of the last stages of filtration so that the cleanest gunk free water gets to it.

By definition, it is the media that harbors biological bacteria in the filtration system. The porous nature of the ceramic or sintered glass media gives the biological bacteria places to take hold.

[grem89]

@morebloodwine
The polyester works great. I got two big pillows from kmart for only 4 $. Im only using about 3/4 of one of the pillows which is still alot. But the water in my tank is crystal clear. You cant see any particles floating around. You just have to be sure to put some sort of mesh underneath it so that the water flow doesnt pull any loose fibers into the impeller.

It is sooo cheap and works amazing. Its pretty much the same stuff as those water polishing pads but about 1/50 the price. And since I use so much in my sump I dont have to go all fancy and use different sized filter pads. I would definitely recommend this stuff. Someone should try it out in their canister and tell us how it goes. Just remember what I said about putting some mesh clothe down underneath of it. You could even cut up a pair of old mesh shorts. When it comes to filtering get creative and you can save big bucks

[Rubicon]

Ok, dumb question but by definition what is Bio Media ?

The meadia used to catch all the poop n gunk ?

Haven't you been reading my posts.

[MoreBloodWine]

No. That is the foam/prefilter/etc job. Biomedia should be one of the last stages of filtration so that the cleanest gunk free water gets to it.

By definition, it is the media that harbors biological bacteria in the filtration system. The porous nature of the ceramic or sintered glass media gives the biological bacteria places to take hold.

Thx for that...

@morebloodwine
The polyester works great. I got two big pillows from kmart for only 4 $. Im only using about 3/4 of one of the pillows which is still alot. But the water in my tank is crystal clear. You cant see any particles floating around. You just have to be sure to put some sort of mesh underneath it so that the water flow doesnt pull any loose fibers into the impeller.

It is sooo cheap and works amazing. Its pretty much the same stuff as those water polishing pads but about 1/50 the price. And since I use so much in my sump I dont have to go all fancy and use different sized filter pads. I would definitely recommend this stuff. Someone should try it out in their canister and tell us how it goes. Just remember what I said about putting some mesh clothe down underneath of it. You could even cut up a pair of old mesh shorts. When it comes to filtering get creative and you can save big bucks

When I get all set up with Niko's permanent home I might give that a shot just to check it out... it owld make it easy compared to that of finding just the right sized pad for ones specific filter.

[Chrisbarnett]

I'm going to use the pillow padding fiber in my 404. Probably the next time I open it up ill stuff some in there to fill in my mircofiltration basket.

[CB]

i use the pillow fill in my xp3, works better than the rena pad and i also have an extra pillow. i use a big finch sock for it so it doesn't get wrapped up with anything.
cb