I am building a diy mechanical filter for the return in my sump and am thinking about using polyester batting as a disposable prefilter.
Pillow stuffing for aquarium filter.
It must be new unscented undyed 100 polyester but most of them are easy to find that way.
I attributed most of my success in that tank to the simplicity of it.
I had a media rack with pillow stuffing for physical filtration followed by purigen and chemipure elite along with a tunze 9002 skimmer and a 150w phoenix 14k de in a viper mh fixture.
The bag says 100 pure polyester fiberfill.
I once had a 28g nanocube office tank that did really really well.
I use pillow stuffing for filter floss.
The real plus is that it is super cheap and.
Do people use pillow stuffing as mechanical filter media.
Acans sps a few zoas everything looked great.
So cheap and works fantastically.
Marine depot aquarium supplies 26 915 views.
Look what happens when you add pillow fiber to a fish tank filter polyfil.
Poly filter chemical filter media pads.
It s cheaper than the kind made for aquarium filters.
I haven t bought filter media in 18 months since i learned of this trick and i still have a huge bag of it remaining.
And i would assume anything used for making children s toys with would be flame retardant though i could be wrong filter wool made for ponds comes in a roll and you buy it by the metre.