Wise Choice

made a hob fuge out of my hob filter and took out the blue filter pad completly is did i make a mistake or is it alright again the blue pads were in this morning i took both out and replaced them with cheto and added lights i'll make a diy thread later

should i put one of the blue pads back in or leave them out?

 

I would leave them out. If you are going to convert, you might as well go all the way. More room anyway. I think that is just your carbon anyway.

I suppose if you wanted to leave it in, it would be OK. The water is exiting......so you could have the best of both worlds.....Just a matter of room.

 

I would pull it...

 

so it would be ok with just cheto for filtration

 

here's my fuge

http://www.3reef.com/forums/i-made/diy-hob-fuge-63086.html#post600443

 

Hi,

What you may want to do is take the filter pads and cut off all the floss, ditch the carbon and just use the frame as a barrier to keep in the cheato, but let through the pods that will grow in there. Also how are you going to regulate the flow, most hob filters have a pretty high gph flow rate.

Nice idea

cat4wisson

 

good idea cutting the blue filter stuff out i'll do that today k+