Fern showed me this ...Thought it was a must post. Enjoy!


http://www.tfhmagazine.com/blogs/2010/12/08/mattenfilters/

yeah I have seen swisstropicals make these but they are outrageous in price $20 for a 10 gallon sized....

Does anyone know where to get open core foam in mat form to make these with?

I seen this type of filter in an article about a year ago but the foam was extremely expensive at that time and only overseas suppliers carried it.

yeah I was almost thinking of using the Marineland filter floss and attatching it to some plasticcraft backing to give it rigidity and shape

That may work

Next time I go to a hardware store I will keep my eyes open.

I saw on a few other sites where people were buying open cell foam from homedepot...I asked and asked no one has ever seen it there...went to a funrinture refurbasher...only thing he had was closed cell foam so if anyone sees some let me know

I have a lot of the Poret Foam. It works great. I use the wall filter design for all the tanks in my fishroom and haven't had to clean it for year. It is $100 for a 39"x39" piece at swisstropicals.com from Stephan Tanner. He is very knowledgeable about the product and goes out of his way to help you out.

My last pic up


After 1st 6 months of use


lifter


Filters I made for my first all in my fishroom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkBRm0CA9K0

I plan to buy some poret foam and I don't think the pricing is bad and I am VERY conservative

ck out the website for yourself and ask Dr Tanner any questions via email...he has been awesome at assisting me on what I plan to do

I will be purchasing a 19.5x13 30ppi as well as the 4x4x39 30ppi square material

the key is to use your imagination on how you can cut the pieces down to what you need.....for example, the 4x4x39 material will be cut to fit into my fluvals as the 2 upright sponges and the 19.5x13 sheet will be used in the trays as well as in my eclipse tray and the HOB filter area

if i can figure this out, i know the minds on this forum, HRoT & KMX & Fern, can figure out even more

my cost will be $55 which includes shipping and should take care of all of my filters which consists of 3 fluvals, 1 eclipse, 2 hob and 2 sponge filters

I plan to order after Christmas so if anyone wants to join me, let me know as the more we reduce shipping cost (which is a flat $10) the more I can spend on foam

Any links on sellers? Now that I am thinking of it this could solve my fine particulate issue on my big system

I have a few sheets to sell. I need 32 for my fishroom so I have 8 left over. I have black 30ppi and green 20ppi.

Dr. Tanner of swisstropicals.com sells it too. If you aren't in a rush, he goes to a lot of conventions. So if you have one in the area, you can save on shipping.

Ya I'm in no rush at all, mostly because I am broke