Hi, i've been hearing about these nylon scrubbing pads and that it has much more surface area for bacteria to grow on than bioballs. Now.... where do you place the scrubbing pads, in the bioball chamber where the water just drips all over them? Or... do you just throw them in the water in your sump and have them floating around? Another quick question... can you use both the bioballs and the pads, i mean leave the bioballs where it is in the chamber and add some pads in the sump water??
Question about nylon scrubbing pads.
- Thread starter twk1
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The pads would go in the chamber with the bio balls. You could leave the bio balls in with the pads, but you wouldn't be maximising your surface area unless you used just the pads. My recomendation would be to put the scrubbing pads on the bottom of the chamber and your already established bio balls on top for a few weeks and then beging slowly changing out the bioballs for the scrubbing pads. That way you don't have to reestablish the bacteria in your filter.
