Pot scrubby question

[Longimanus]

I keep seeing these mentioned in regards to wet/dry and sumps. Can I use these in my XP4 canister filter? I have a brand new filter and it came with a small amount of bio chem stars, but not enough to fill the chambers. Can I use pot scrubbies along side the stars? I figure I should be able to find some at a dollar store, wheras the bio chem stars of ceramic rings are pricey.

I just wasn't sure if that was the right tray in the filter to use them.

 

[jaytech33]

Yes they go in the middle 2 trays. Better than the stars and much much cheaper.

 

[excuzzzeme]

No problem! They have much more surface area.

 

[HarleyK]

Howdy,

Those two posts above are complete

Pot scrubbies have a surface area of 370 sq ft/cubic ft.
Modern biomedia has > 135000 sq ft/cubic ft.

You do the math and decide what's better and where you want to cut corners and go cheap

HarleyK

 

[tcarswell]

Howdy,

Those two posts above are complete

Pot scrubbies have a surface area of 370 sq ft/cubic ft.
Modern biomedia has > 135000 sq ft/cubic ft.

You do the math and decide what's better and where you want to cut corners and go cheap

HarleyK

Damn I never saw anything that had a firm hold on the actual surface area of scrubbies. I doubt they are better than rena's bio stars though.

 

[Longimanus]

Thank you very much for clarifying that for me! I will be off to the local dollar store (or loonie store as we call them) today!

 

[cchhcc]

You definitely want max surface area in a canister. In a wet/dry you want a non-porous media in a shape that creates turbulence.

Leave the scrubbies to the wet/dry filters.

 

[Bderick67]

Howdy,

Those two posts above are complete

Pot scrubbies have a surface area of 370 sq ft/cubic ft.
Modern biomedia has > 135000 sq ft/cubic ft.

You do the math and decide what's better and where you want to cut corners and go cheap

HarleyK

About the only thing that scrubbies are a good substitute for is bio balls in wet/dry applications.

Damn I never saw anything that had a firm hold on the actual surface area of scrubbies. I doubt they are better than rena's bio stars though.

In the beginner filter media sticky has some surface area listings or you could look at this link;

http://www.wernersponds.com/biofiltermedia.htm

 

[Longimanus]

Damn, I just went and bought two packages of scrubbies.
Will they work until I can afford the bio stars or ceramic rings?

 

[tcarswell]

Well , yes they will work but you will have to phase them out. I would just get some cheap ceramic media if money is an issue. 10 dollars you can get a bag of cascade ceramic media its pretty big