I have one of those cheapo whisper 10-15 gallon filters from walmart and was wondering if anyone has made their one filter catridge for it?
has any one made a diy replacable filter cartrigde?
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I havent for that filter, but I have for others. What you need to do is take off all the old stuff from the frame. Then get some filter floss from some where like www.bigalsonline.com under "media". Cut out the size you want and use some elastic bands to hold it in place.
Is it advisable to use other things besides just floss for the filter? Should I also use carbon for mine, or some kind of pad?
You could use filter pad that is made by Marineland. They sell them in like a roll or something so that it can be cut to fit anything. Carbon should be used temporarily when you need to remove a medication or remove any discoloration.
I got lazy, heres what I wrote like 5 min ago for someone else:
Carbon is super heated until it popes like pop corn. It then has million of small holes for the matter to stick too. The only problem is that it is only active for 2 weeks or so. This means that after these 2 weeks it is useless and needs to be replaced. Me and many other people here only use it when needed. Its expensive to replace every week or two, and besides. its kind of pointless.
Carbon is super heated until it popes like pop corn. It then has million of small holes for the matter to stick too. The only problem is that it is only active for 2 weeks or so. This means that after these 2 weeks it is useless and needs to be replaced. Me and many other people here only use it when needed. Its expensive to replace every week or two, and besides. its kind of pointless.
So what you're saying is that, every time i buy one of those filter cartridges with carbon in it, I'm wasting my money on the carbon.
So... i take the frame out and wrap it with filter floss and stick in the power filter and it will do the same job as before? and if i do have like green water do i need to make like a little pocket from the filter floss and stick carbon in it? if so. AWESOME! because im tired of buying those **** cartriges!!!! :devil: :devil: :devil:
So... i take the frame out and wrap it with filter floss and stick in the power filter and it will do the same job as before? and if i do have like green water do i need to make like a little pocket from the filter floss and stick carbon in it? if so. AWESOME! because im tired of buying those **** cartriges!!!! :devil: :devil: :devil:
I have a whisper that was a hand-me-down from a friend. He used one of those green scouring pads (soapless of course) you buy at the grocery store for the bacteria filter and some plain wooly fiber stuff around it. I've been using it like that for 3 months now and have had no problems. 
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