Getting Filter Media

[phoenixgsd]

a really stupid question i know but is filter media just a slice of sponge or whatever is in a established filter and can be added to a new filter?

 

[Noahs ark6]

a really stupid question i know but is filter media just a slice of sponge or whatever is in a established filter and can be added to a new filter?

Yes, that's correct

 

[phoenixgsd]

thank you

 

[phoenixgsd]

does it matter how much i take, i mean i dont want to leave a tank with only half a filter

 

[CezzaXV]

You can comfortably take up to a third of the media without affecting the old tank too much, as long as you replace it with new.

 

[ZoddyZod]

the term 'filter media' is used for anything placed inside the filter to either trap particulate or become a home for bacteria colonies.

it does not guarentee that it has already been in an established filter.

 

[phoenixgsd]

its comming from a really well established tank that is being emptied i would take the whole filter but there is a pleco in thier that i cant take as my tank is too small (i can take everything else) but untill he is found a new home i dont want to leave him without, the tank is leaking and the owner said i could take everything for nowt but i cant justify taking the pleco just for the sake of taking him nor can i leave him with nothing, when he is rehomed i will go back and take the filter