I have some in my im15 media basket I picked up, think of them as reusable filter pad/floss. You can rinses them off a few times and reuse them (at a certain point you need to replace them when they degrade). My filter has 4, yours has more cause much larger tank are my thoughts.
Intriguing, thanks.
These things are more along the lines of mechanical filtration, than biological as the ceramic media is.
They’re intended to be filter media. I’ve tossed mine from both my IM tanks. They are more of a pain than benefit IMO. Replaced with typical pad of filter floss that I change out and toss every other day
Thanks for this. Those were the terms I was looking for!
That was my preconception but I was trying to be open to learning something new. Can't believe you've committed to changing out a filter pad every other day - Be gone with them!
Might be every few days if I get lazy. It’s a 2.5”x2.5” cut out in a HOB filter, so takes all of 0.01 seconds.
Brave soul!
The definitely suck up more than a filter pad and are good for 5 days or so, but I agree with B nano reefer lmao you will spend 20 mins cleaning them.
how’s the tank doing? i may be heading for my first IM tank. it may be similar to yours. i have space limitations but want that aluminum stand. and may be doing a custom sump.
I'll take the cotton ball thingys.
BLUE will work better, my blue canster didnt get the algae over the time but the clear one i had to clean them every once in a while. but def dont leave them exposed to sun. get shaded coverage for RODI unit.
Thanks for that. It’d be in a generally shaded area so it’s an option. Either way, looks like I need a new water tower so open to suggestions on sourcing one.