George9 said:I use it and it great! You get really clear water with it. It does not harm fish as long as it is 100% polyester, so you shouldn't have a problem.
Quick question, does anyone have experience using polyester stuffing as filter floss? I have a bag and would like to use it but I'm not sure if polyester will harm my fish? It's 100% recycled polyester, used for stuffing pillows,toys,pet beds..
jcolon said:As long as it doesn't have any fire-retardants or other additives, which is should say if it did ... I'd say your good to go. Great stuff to help polish off your water, really works great!
Uh oh.. I just put it in. There's nothing stating on the bag anywhere that it would be fire resistant. They'd have to mark it if it was right?
Malawi Freak said:I've been using it for years and just made another filter with it.
Is it just me? But I swear I'm already noticing a difference in the clarity of my water. I stuffed some in my other tanks filters too now. Lol!
jcolon said:Give it two weeks then swap it out, guaranteed you'll be shocked at the amount of debris it'll have captured.
meegosh said:I personally never threw out the filter floss, just swirl it around in a bucket of tank water. I literally ran the stuff until it fell apart. I bought a bag YEARS ago and I haven't even used a third of it. I use it as a prefilter for fry too, wrap a bunch around your intake and put a rubber band over it. Sometimes if I can get it right, I won't need the rubber band, it will just hold itself there.
I can't recommend polyfill, or whatever you want to call it, enough!
I use polyfill in place of carbon in my AquaClear50. It works great.