Pot scrubs in canisters?

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I use pot scrubs in canisters. They are cheap and easy to clean, versus you know a million tiny ceramic rings

Pot scrubs actually do catch a fair amount of mechanical waste, but I just blast my canister media with a hose, that's why I have 2 on each tank, so I can rotate

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I figured they would and thats the only reason im hesitant. My fx6 is on my african/asian tank, and 4 bichirs, 8 CLS, 2 bushfish, 2 butterfly fish, and a syno cat make for some messy feeders haha.
 
Pot scrubbers in a canister is a waste of space. Their surface area is negligible compared to ceramic bio media, thus, you may as well use a sponge filter instead of a canister. You'd be better off than with scrubbers in a canister.


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Pot scrubbers in a canister is a waste of space. Their surface area is negligible compared to ceramic bio media, thus, you may as well use a sponge filter instead of a canister. You'd be better off than with scrubbers in a canister.


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really? I would have thought a scrub would have had way more surface area vs. rings. hmmm. making me rethink things haha
 
I have a good sized layer of nylon pot scrubbers on top of my ceramic noodles and below a foam pad later in my 2260. . No complaints easy to maintain . Note i also have a 120 gal sump running on same tank and there about 60 pot scrubbers, 20 lbs of mixed bio media along with 2 filter socks and 6 hydro V sponge filters .


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I have a good sized layer of nylon pot scrubbers on top of my ceramic noodles and below a foam pad later in my 2260. . No complaints easy to maintain . Note i also have a 120 gal sump running on same tank and there about 60 pot scrubbers, 20 lbs of mixed bio media along with 2 filter socks and 6 hydro V sponge filters .


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Ya I know they work best in a wet/dry sump setting for sure! That sounds like a beast of a setup haha.
 
Substrat Pro: 20,000 sqft/gal surface area.
Pot scrubbers ca. 60 sqft/gal.
 
Substrat Pro: 20.000 sqft/gal surface area.
Pot scrubbers ca. 60 sqft/gal.

ohhhhh sure throw math at me! haha. No i do appreciate the feedback for sure! I guess just eyeballing materials doesn't always equate to accuracy haha.
 
ohhhhh sure throw math at me! haha. No i do appreciate the feedback for sure! I guess just eyeballing materials doesn't always equate to accuracy haha.

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I just remembered a thread from 9 years ago ...
 
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