If you buy filter cartridges, you're a sucka!

mudbuttjones

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Now I like my sunsun canisters, but I don't have time to wait for packages to come on the slow boat from china.
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Boom! Buy some poly padding from wallyworld, or another retailer if you have a moral compass.

That roll cost $5 and is about the size of a twin mattress. Look for padding that has a fire warning sticker. If it says "danger highly flammable" that's a good indication that it hasnt been treated with fire retardant chemicals.

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So we're gonna pull out our happy little scissors and make a happy little template.
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Then we trace it.
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All for about 5 minutes worth of work. I made 8 pads, and still have enough left on the roll to literally do this 10 more times.

IM A ONE MAN FACTORY!

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mudbuttjones

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Also works for hob style filters
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This poly padding fits nice in an aqueon filter holster dealio.

You can easily fold it over the little black grid with the clips on a whisper HOB.

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West1

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I thought this was a Drip System thread, I opened it asap!! lol

Love to see DIY's though :)
 

mudbuttjones

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I've got tons of polyfill (floss) also. It's also very inexpensive.

Cut to fit pads work for things that poly fill won't.

I use both. Usualy a combination of the two together

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Why I love my Filstars: almost nothing in them is consumable. Pads last at least a year.

-Ryan
 
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