swimbear12285

hey everyone, im pretty new to this stuff but it has consumed my life and its awsome. i just picked up a magnum 350 canister filter for my tank and i am not really sure what to use for the media. suggestions would be very useful!!

gangstafish

Boyds Chemipure.

soldieroffortune1974

There's a lot of different commercially available media,there's also many different 'home based' media you can use.

You can use ceramic rings, scotch scrub pads, gravel, porous rock (for landscaping), sand, and lots and lots of others. These are great for bio-filtration,in any canister filter,easily cut-down to different sizes, cheap and work as-good if not better than commercial media.

fishlover78

SOF is right, and a lot of the commercially produced canister media cost a ton of dough! like the bio balls are a ripoff!

pepetj

Please check this interesting article on filter media, including DIY, it might help you out, I found it useful:

http://www.wernersponds.com/biofiltermedia.htm

Pepe
Santo Domingo

soldieroffortune1974

That's a good site for info, I use the nylon scrubbers myself along with the scotch scrub pads.It's good to know I am not the only 1 with the idea.They work great and last a looooooooooooooooooooooong time.