firteen888
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Wow, get rid of the carbon? I figured the filter would be useless without the carbon since it's just a peice of mesh otherwise. What do I know, lol?
firteen888 said:Wow, get rid of the carbon? I figured the filter would be useless without the carbon since it's just a peice of mesh otherwise. What do I know, lol?
firteen888 said:wow, great to know. So the mesh alone is a sufficient filter?
jetajockey said:carbon is also a good porous biomedia, but yea, it's not necessary, I don't use it at all. I wouldn't go as far as to say that it's unethical for them to sell it, it's a water polisher and also used in water purification.
I highly recommend buying a good ceramic media and adding it in a mesh bag into your filter.
It's unethical IMO for them to recommend monthly replacement when they know that's the only filter people use in most cases. I think it's fair to say most of these companies don't care if you mini-cycle every month.
firteen888 said:Since you're the pro, I will take your advice and remove the carbon when I get home. Are you saying I should replace the empty mesh filter with ceramic media? If so, can you link me to what you mean? Preferably from petco's site? thanks man.
is this the stuff you're talking about eco? Where would I even fit this? Just throw it in anywhere?
Penn Plax Cascade Canister Filter Bio-Rings Filt-A-Packs at PETCO
I'll buy that medium bag and pick up some fluval media at petco and fit what I can. My tank is 29 gallons.
eco (and everyone else), I really appreciate all your help. I'd be lost without you guys!
By the way, once you take out the carbon, the cartridges should become thinner and you can just absolutely jam pack the filter full if you need to. The bio-media is the most important part, really you just need a thin piece of actual mechanical filter to catch the fish poo. You can also buy rolls of just the filter floss if you go to the LFS...you just cut it down to size with a pair of scissors.
firteen888 said:Hey eco, I took your advice and added ceramic media to my filter. Can you please take a look at the picture of my filter that I included and let me know if I put it in a good spot? I was able to fit around 28-30 pcs.
Thanks man!
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