How did you customize your HOB filter?

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physicsdude

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Hi- I have a Penn Plax Cascaade 200 that I have customized. I carved the normal are used for the cartridges into 3 sections using some craft mesh. The first I use a wad of foam, the next a abg of peat, and the last where the flow eacapes I have a bag of Seachem Matrix with a hole drilled in the hood to feed the airline so my air pump pumps directly to the media. I have never had any ammonia or nitrate spikes in almost 1.5 years. Just my DIY...What abou you?
 
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