Cotton Balls

[OnceLoyal]

LOL, I dunno why I was justy thinking of that. Anyoen ever use them for media? I don't see why they wouldn't work. I might try them in my FX-5 if you guys think it might work...... Maybe a lot stuffed could polish the water pretty good? I am sure it would only last a couple days though with my luck.

 

[LisaH]

Back in the 70's I remember my mother using cotton balls as media.

 

[Oddball]

In even modestly powered filters, cotton balls will compress to the point of allowing little or no water movement through them.

 

[ewurm]

I actually use my favorite sweater as filter media, when I am not wearing it on Sundays.

 

[BushFishRox]

I actually use my favorite sweater as filter media, when I am not wearing it on Sundays.

 

[X24]

I actually use my favorite sweater as filter media, when I am not wearing it on Sundays.

If we had a vote for worst humorous sentence on this forum, i believe this would be the front runner so far.

Sponges and specially designed bio-media work much better then filter floss, pillow "fluff" or cotton balls.

 

[Tigerfish908]

I use the polyester fiber and coarse pads to polish my water.

 

[Tommydeal]

I agree with oddball, the cotton balls would compress and clog up a lot faster that even a felt polishing pad.

 

[X24]

Sponges and specially designed bio-media work much better then filter floss, pillow "fluff" or cotton balls.

Sorry it was rather late when i wrote this, so let me explain myself a little better.

The FX-5 has some decent mechanical filtration to begin with, with the sponges and all, and the media baskets you will want to fill with a decent bio-medium. For the price you can't beat nylon pot scrubbers, and on top of awesome price they also have pretty good surface area and allow water to flow through nicely. But the best bio-mediums are specially designed sintered glass media, although its rather expensive.

 

[benzjamin13]

There's a fish shop in Chinatown over here that uses old t-shirts.