I have a Cascade 1000, which is 3 stage. 55 gallon tank with guppies, mollies, bristle nose plecos, golden Chinese algae eater.
I need some advice on sponges/pads. My current set up is from bottom up: 1st basket: coarse sponge, fine sponge, poly. 2nd basket: poly then matrix. 3rd basket: purigen then charcoal.
I am wanting to do away with the coarse sponge completely because it never seems to be beneficial because the holes are too large to catch any particles considering all of these fish are small. I cannot find any medium pore sponges/pads locally. Can anyone recommend a certain brand and the best place to purchase? The only thing I could find at my local pet stores were bonded pads, which I still purchased, but it still seems more on the fine side. I found one place online that sold "egg crate" sponges three stage, but since it was ebay I was afraid to purchase not knowing if it was truly aquarium safe.
Thank you for your time.
God Bless
I need some advice on sponges/pads. My current set up is from bottom up: 1st basket: coarse sponge, fine sponge, poly. 2nd basket: poly then matrix. 3rd basket: purigen then charcoal.
I am wanting to do away with the coarse sponge completely because it never seems to be beneficial because the holes are too large to catch any particles considering all of these fish are small. I cannot find any medium pore sponges/pads locally. Can anyone recommend a certain brand and the best place to purchase? The only thing I could find at my local pet stores were bonded pads, which I still purchased, but it still seems more on the fine side. I found one place online that sold "egg crate" sponges three stage, but since it was ebay I was afraid to purchase not knowing if it was truly aquarium safe.
Thank you for your time.
God Bless