So I had one of those 5-15 gallon hob filters from walmart and decided to do something with it. So I took an extra aquaclear sponge, ran an air stone to the bottom of the filter then shoved the sponge into the filter. Will this work as a good sponge filter (if not explain), its being run on my 55 with a lone Jag cichlid. It seems like a good idea and a cheap filter, no more than an average sponge filter, only about $15 (10 for the filter, 5 for the sponge) without the air pump
DIY Sponge filter, need input.
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I'm sure it would! What I do for my sand tanks is get like a foam thing and put ot around my filter intake
The filter inside my hob never gets dirty... What I use is made by fluval, cost 2$ at petsmart
Thats pretty good, I need to do that anyways, I just switched to a fine sand myself. Also, I realize this is more like a wet dry than a sponge filter, but after some research it seems beneficial to have the oxygen going through your biomedia to add aerobic beneficial bacteria.