The-Influence Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 I Run 3 Filters On My 90 Gallon And 1 Of The 3 Is A Fluval 304 That I Have Only Bio-max But Awhile Ago I Over Seen Something About Using The Scrubbies Instead Of Bio-Max ... In All Of Yer Opinions What Do You Think Would Or Is Better ? Blake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybrid Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 keep the bio-max for the canisters.. I run a couple hundred potscrubbies on my indoor pond filters!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cale262 Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 I've run them in a few filters with lava rock, works well as far as I can tell... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruadh Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 They work just fine. They provide a very great deal of surface area for the bacteria to grow on. The more surface area the better, up to the point where you don't have enough food to feed the bacteria. That would be way overkill though. I don't think any reasonable person would put that many filters on their tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Influence Posted November 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 They work just fine.They provide a very great deal of surface area for the bacteria to grow on. The more surface area the better, up to the point where you don't have enough food to feed the bacteria. That would be way overkill though. I don't think any reasonable person would put that many filters on their tank. Most The People I Know Have Around 2-3 Filters On There Tanks .... So I Dont See It As Over Kill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybrid Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 MONSTER FISH NEED MONSTER FILTERS.... NOTHIN WRONG WITH 3 CANISTERS!!! :thumbs: :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boom Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Nothin wrong indeed. Pot scrubbies have a ton of surface area/ space they take up ratio. Especially when you cram them in there. If you put a few in your cannisterws, I think it would be highly likely that you could easily have more bene-bacteria capacity, then you would ever need. Which is a good thing. Boom :boom: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayfong Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 I have scrubbies in both of my fx5's and they seem to be doing good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dipset Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 nevermind bio, how much mechanical filtration do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 For biological filtering, they're great b/c they have tonnes of surface area and are cheap! Dollarama seems to have them intermitantly, and there was a store in SE Common called Great 88 that had them 6 for .88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruadh Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 They work just fine.They provide a very great deal of surface area for the bacteria to grow on. The more surface area the better, up to the point where you don't have enough food to feed the bacteria. That would be way overkill though. I don't think any reasonable person would put that many filters on their tank. Most The People I Know Have Around 2-3 Filters On There Tanks .... So I Dont See It As Over Kill Two or three isn't overkill, I agree, I was trying to make the point that you would have to have an inordinate number or filters with scrubbies to run out of bacteria. Just a little education at the same time, you know how it goes. :smokey: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Influence Posted November 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 nevermind bio, how much mechanical filtration do you have? More then enough ! The reason I am curious on this subject is the fact that bio-max gets clogged so quick . So I wanted the opinion of others too see if it's worth swapping . Blake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dipset Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 if you have good enough mechanical filtration, you're bio media won't get plugged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 They work well in canisters and HOBs. If they ever get dirty, just throw them in the washing machine. Every Canadian Dollar store I have seen always seems to carry them if you don't feel like washing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluecan Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 any type of scrubbie in particular to use? I see many different types at the dollar store , will just ordinary plastic ones work? I thought i read somewhere that plastic isnt that good for the bacteria to grow on ? it was actually reffering to plastic vs. silk plants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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