Michigan Cichlid Association
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: danielratti on August 25, 2012, 11:35:18 PM
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I want to find some cheap bio media for a sump that I am finishing up. I know you can use bio balls and pot scrubbers but I am not having any luck finding pot scrubbers... Would breaking up terracotta pots work even? I am looking for ideas right now pretty much. I can get bio balls from work but with my luck we will need them as soon as I take some home...
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Terra cotta wouldn't be porous enough IMO.
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Thats what I was thinking too. I had to go next door and look at the neighbors pots and was thinking that. I am not having any luck with pot scrubbers...
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I used lava rock and had great success with it. Once it is well cleaned I put it in pantyhose and added it to my sump.
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Right I was thinking that because it would be the same concept as putting live rock into a saltwater tank. Can i just go to like menards or something and pick up a bag of it?
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When I was doing a live rock tank I used plastics hair rollers. Lots of surface and air for the bacteria. They were the kind that are cylindrical and have wrap around clips.
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I just got my lava rock at Meier. It needed a good rinse but it worked
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I could even use shower loofahs couldn't I?
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Pond filter media makes great sump media. It comes in linear feet. Cheap
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Right so the loofa idea would work too I might have some pond filter stuff left at work that's scrap.