HOB filter

**fraggle** · 02-06-2009, 12:28 PM

My filter I had on my quarantine tank died, so I had to get a new one, I got a HOB.
I've never had one before and was wondering if what I did was alright.....

The "media" it came with was a load of crap, a sheet of plastic with fins on it, and another sheet of plastic with charcoal covered in some sort of material.

I didn't like this, so I piffed those and then cut a piece of filter sponge to fit around the impella case (to stop media getting into the impella) and a piece to fit in the front of the waterfall (to keep the media inside), then used the media out of the other filter and filled up as much as I possible could, above the impella and in the other side.

This should be fine shouldn't it? I used all the media (except for the sponges and I couldn't quite cut them to fit properly) out of the other filter, so the cycle should be fine, I was just wondering if it would work? I think it will just wanted to check!

**Rue** · 02-06-2009, 01:13 PM

Don't see why it wouldn't...as long as the water runs up and through the media it shouldn't matter how you pack it...

**Rue** · 02-06-2009, 01:15 PM

BTW...just curious...do you guys not call it an impeller?

**Sir Tristen** · 02-06-2009, 02:47 PM

That setup should work fine. As long as everything is packed in tight enough that it won't push out in the current and you are content w/ the job its doing clearing the water, your biological filteration should be fine.

**fraggle** · 02-11-2009, 05:59 AM

Thanks for that guys!

It is an impeller Rue, my brain fart spelling it wrong! LOL

**karbomb** · 02-11-2009, 06:38 AM

i jimmy rigged my HOB. i have some ceramic bio media cylinders in the very bottom (i never clean them or touch them and just filter floss on top. i clean (weekly) and replace (monthly) the floss. works just fine and is a ton cheaper then those crappy carbon filters they sell at petco.
seems like your rig, with the sponges, is a tad more sophisticated then mine so no worries. i would highly recommend some media that just stays at the very bottom collecting good bacteria and none of the bad stuff.