wat media?

[smartlove_518]

hi everyone
i just bought atman 3338 for my 180 gallon tank,but it dose not have any media in it. it has 3 compartment. any suggestions as to what should i add in it
thank you

 

[Juxtaroberto]

Polyester fill (mechanical media) in the first compartment and scrubbies in the other two compartments. =)

 

[smartlove_518]

Polyester fill (mechanical media) in the first compartment and scrubbies in the other two compartments. =)

thank you...and yea instead of scrubbies in 2 compartments can i add cotton in one,

 

[Juxtaroberto]

thank you...and yea instead of scrubbies in 2 compartments can i add cotton in one,

No, cotton holds water horribly and basically falls apart when it gets wet. The polyester stuff I told you about is like the filter pads they sell at the LFS, only its much cheaper than buying it at the LFS. IDK why, I guess you get to mark prices up when they're used for animal "life support".

Seriously, a small bag of polyester at the LFS is like $12. You can get about 3 times more polyester at Wal Mart for $3.

 

[smartlove_518]

No, cotton holds water horribly and basically falls apart when it gets wet. The polyester stuff I told you about is like the filter pads they sell at the LFS, only its much cheaper than buying it at the LFS. IDK why, I guess you get to mark prices up when they're used for animal "life support".

Seriously, a small bag of polyester at the LFS is like $12. You can get about 3 times more polyester at Wal Mart for $3.

ok thank you for the help

 

[FSM]

Any ceramic biomedia will work fine; some mechanical filtration is a good idea too.