mysterious death....

[pufferpuggirl]

I always rinse any sponge that comes out of a filter in tank water. The only internal filter that's got the ceramic rings is an Interpet filter that I got recently, and of course, I don't rinse that part at all.

[Pufferpunk]

Most filters try to do all 3. Aquaclears have customizable stacks, the ceramic rings or rocks at the top are biological, and you don't need to clean them much at all, but the sponges on the bottom of the stack are mechanical filters, and if you don't mess with the biomedia on top, washing the sponge out in the sink is no big deal. I usually do that myself. Typically something like carbon goes in between, but you can double up on sponges or biomedia instead for everyday use.

I have the sponge on bottom (mechanical filtration), 1" filter floss in the middle ("polishes" the water, crystal clear) & Biomax ceramic rings in a stocking, on top (biological filtration). Been stacking my AC filters like that for 30 years. Way before they started selling Biomax with their filters.

[pufferpuggirl]

So it would be beneficial for me to put ceramic rings in a small sock and put into my internal filters, or are we talking about using those with a different kind of filter? I know that my external has those in it, but most of my tanks use regular internal filters, so naturally I'd like them to do as good a job as possible.

[SammyDee]

u can buy the filter sock for adding media at your LFS. yes Bio Rings rule. I use them in all my filters

[Mezzovex]

I use bio balls, filter floss. and after it all i have a pleated pool like filter.

[Pufferpunk]

Heh--buy filter socks??? They're called knee highs from the $ store.

[Mezzovex]

Heh--buy filter socks??? They're called knee highs from the $ store.

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