Bonded blue pad vs. Poret 20ppi Foam

[barrettsline]

Bonded blue pad vs. Poret 20ppi Foam

I'll be interested in the results.

[SunnyHouTX]

well the thicker the perot is the harder it is to clean :(. If you are going to still use floss it wont hurt

No, just one 2" layer of 20ppi foam, as mentioned OP

[SunnyHouTX]

Where's Totenkampf? He should have some interesting insight on this.

[sunkenmetal]

give it a try it didn't clean the water like I had hoped..

[SunnyHouTX]

What were you findings exactly?

[mistahoo]

Do you think one 2" 20ppi Poret foam layer will do as good a job as one layer of bonded blue filter pad and two layers of white filter floss pads?

Are you trying for cost effectiveness or performance?

[Geral]

People the question is( would the 20 ppi foam would do the job. ). Not wich one is better IMO the floss is better but cost wise is better the foam the fx5 foam work like a charm for small particle for me I would go for foam reusable and Is he closes u can get to floss and still do a good job

[SunnyHouTX]

Are you trying for cost effectiveness or performance?

Performance (if 20ppi Poret foam performs as good as blue pad and white floss), there's no doubt that Poret foam will be the more cost effective. Just using white filter floss was not doing it for me in my 280 and adding a single layer of bonded blue pad did the trick. Which means that I have a bigger recurring cost every time I service the filter because bonded blue pad is that much costlier than white floss.

[allysangels]

i clicked on no.

[SunnyHouTX]

This is an issue for me since I will now be servicing 6 canisters. When I had just FX5 canisters, it's not a cost I had to consider because I just rinsed the sponges on them and reused, as Geral said. Trying to see if I can have a similar set up for the Eheims.

[barrettsline]

Bonded blue pad vs. Poret 20ppi Foam

Can this be cut to fit? Easily I mean

[SunnyHouTX]

Yes. They sell 13"x13" squares that can be trimmed to fit an Eheim.

[mistahoo]

I'd say if you want to cut down on spending on the padding then why not? 20ppi should filter a decent amount out and save you a lot.

[barrettsline]

Bonded blue pad vs. Poret 20ppi Foam

Then I would have to say, yes for the fact that it will trap roughly the same amount. But is long term more reusable. I'd click yes but I'm in Tapatalk sunny. Click it for me.

[mistahoo]

Don't know if this is any help, but when I was reading up on bio media, I came across what people put in their 2260/2s. A lot of them use the 20 ppi along with the 10 ppi poret foam. They seem to have no problems with their water clarity.