floss pads

[supertank]

these are the white pads at the top of my filter. costing arounf £4 for 5 pads. i use one a week and i will soon b runnning a second filter. my question is

is there any alternative to these polly pads?????? ie cotton wool, seems to be the same texture kinda.

supertank

 

[supertank]

just noticed i said polly pads i ment floss pads that polish the water.....

sorry

 

[ITHURTZ]

rinse the old ones and reuse.

 

[supertank]

the old ones are always covered in junk tho, lik they go in white and after a week they are fully of brown gunk, can thses really be cleaned??? is this wat you guys do

 

[ITHURTZ]

the old ones are always covered in junk tho, lik they go in white and after a week they are fully of brown gunk, can thses really be cleaned??? is this wat you guys do

If you are throwing away your floss pads your losing alot of you bacteria to keep the tank cycled unless you have a separate container for the bio media.

My floss pads are years old, I run on a well so I just rinse them (not super super clean) in the shower. If you have public water, put some of your tank water (which should be conditioned with prime etc) into a bucket. Then swish around and squeeze the junk out. Dont expect it to come out super bright white new clean, its ok to have some tinge to it. Just get it to where water flows through it again and ur good as new.