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Could I possibly get away with doing it? Has anyone ever done this?
Mr. Limpet said:I use the HBH cut to fit media for my aqueon and it works great. I keep a bag of biomedia in front of it for good bacteria breeding.
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Mr. Limpet said:I just cut a piece of the HBH pad to fit in the frame that holds the cartridge. I make it a bit bigger since the pad seems to shrink a bit after it's soaking wet.
dollabill420 said:I put a bunch of filter wool in a filter bag and rinse it off every once in a while (with tank water of course)
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Oh ok, do you put the air stone inside the bag?
Mr. Limpet said:Air stone? Bag? Must be another thread lol.
I thought sponge filters used an air pump?
Mr. Limpet said:Humm... didn't say anything about a sponge filter, but yes they do need an air pump from what I've seen. Only that would be separate filtration from the Aqueon wouldn't it. I use the HBH filter pad in place of the over priced, carbon filled cartridges in my Aqueon filter (well did, it's in the garage now).
mfdrookie516 said:I dont think you could make that work. You'd need some sort of tube to create the lift that pulls the water through the filter pad... and, well, a sponge filter would be cheaper ($8 or so?) and easier (much easier!). Plus, sponges on sponge filters are way better than a filter cartridge IMO
My question was, could I take a single filter cartridge, and turn that into a sponge filter sortve. For example put the filter into the tank, and have the air pump suck in the particles. Or would this be a waste of time, and wouldn't actually work?
Mr. Limpet said:Oh lol. I thought you wanted to put some sponge into your Aqueon filter . Why use overpriced cartridges for a sponge filter? What size tank is this for? Why not get an Aqua Clear power filter?
I'd say no, it'd be a pain to try and retro fit a cartridge into a sponge filter IMO. I'd think you could buy a whole sponge filter unit for the cost of a box of cartridges.