Im a great "DIYer"

[AnDr3w]

Well the other day I thought I was some do it yourself awsome person and I tried to make a sponge filter. So, me being my smart self, I actually added a real kitchen sponge rubberbanded to my power head to act as a little bio filter. I noticed it looked kind of raggedy yesterday, so i touched it. So after a while, The whole sponge disintergrated in my tank. . lol. So anyway, The blue sponge is all in my tank. How bad is it to my fish. I tried to get all of it out with a net and a grav. vac. Not all is out. Will any of my fish die?

 

[pophead]

if it doesn't have some kind of cleaning agent on it it should be fine.

 

[Dr Joe]

Most of the sponges that fall apart like that have a anti-bacterial / anti-mold agent put in the material, read : bad for your fish. Plus if your fish do eat any of this they cannot digest it and may die also...Get it out of there.

Also start reading back posts... The wealth of info here is incredible...this sponge thing has been on here before and there is are several how-to's for making a sponge filter properly.

Dr Joe

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[Aussienative]

You tight ass sponge filters are like 5 dollars max

 

[Dr Joe]

$8-$12 here, but certainly cheaper than what he has to go thru now...

 

[Lil_Stinker]

If you have an old HOB or similar; or a hunk of PVC & air stone or power head. making a DIY sponge filter is not all that hard.

I cut a slot in a sponge designed for an AC, slid it onto the input tube from a penguin & there I go .....

Not the best , but it works fine

 

[MrRngr94]

Am I the only one that instantly thought of Sponge Bob when they saw that pic?

 

[CHOMPERS]

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

Sponge Bob Square Pants!

Absorbent and yellow and porous is he.

Sponge Bob Square Pants!

If nautical nonsense be somethin' ya wish.

Sponge Bob Square Pants!

Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish.

Sponge Bob Square Pants!


Sponge Bob Square Pants!
Sponge Bob Square Pants!
Sponge Bob Square Pants!
Sponge Booob Square Paaants!

 

[Dr Joe]

All Faith and Hope are Lost...

This is going to break your Mother's Heart!



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[Euge]

hahahahahahaha..