nagukush

Hi Friends !

Just wanted some guidance here-

My 4 feet tank acrylic tank came in with a Tank-Top Filter, which has 3 baskets to contain filter media and a pump takes water and sprays over these baskets with the help of a spray bar. I dont use this filter anymore (because I have a Eheim 2217 and a Eheim Internal Aquaball Filter running in the tank. I do have the filter on the tank because it also serves as a Tank hood to cover half of the tank.

I just had an idea and wanted to know if it will work out well. I thought that I'll take the output from the Eheim 2217 and using spray bars, I'll spray the output water in to these baskets, after which it will return to the main tank thru gravity (the end of the top compartment contains a big hole, thru which water flows back in to the tank)

I plan to use the common household sponges (the nylon net like things - I dont know what they're called in english) in these baskets, as I read that they serve as a good biological medium for the growth of bacteria. I cant get the coarse sponge pads anywhere here and I cant afford costlier media fro eheim etc...

I thought that this will help in oxygenating the water, serve as more biological filtration and will also help me reduce the strong water movement which seems to bother my frontosas.

Kindly advice if this is a good idea and if it will workout. Aslo will these nylon sponges work well ? I guessI wont have to clean them often as the water reaching them will already be clean from the 2217.

Please guide me here...
Thanks a lot for reading...
Regards and Care
Kush