Hagen Elite Stingray 10 Filter

[Luketendo]

Does anyone know if this filter uses carbon or just plain foam pads? The pads are black but many sites don't mention carbon, the only mention of carbon is in the Carbon Zeolite media it uses which i'm not using as this is a medical / Quarantine tank, also I can't fishless cycle with zeolite.

 

[rowdyburns21]

I believe them to be foam pads, i cycled a tank with one of those filters and just had to remove the carbon/zeolite and everything went fine

 

[Luketendo]

Eh, i'm just gonna cut some new ones in case.

 

[Essjay]

I have a Hagen Elite Mini in my betta's tank and that has black foam too. So I emailed them and asked. They responded within a couple of hours to say mine has just black foam, it does not contain any carbon whatsoever. If you email them about your stingray, I'm sure you'll get a prompt answer.

 

[Luketendo]

Ok it must be safe then.

ZeoCarb stuff remains dumped for weird wool stuff I found in my box of never used stuff.