wi_blue

I picked up some poly-fill at walmart for $2. Its enough for to large throw pillows and does a great job polishing.

Diana K

"poly-fill... $2... enough for two large throw pillows"

Compare to the wimpy little bag of the stuff in the pet department!

AEWHistory

I know it sounds a bit obvious, but has anyone tried eBay for the quilt batting or equivs? Seems like a logical place to start looking. I ran across a seller selling a huge amount of aquarium filter material--like the blue/white plies, but in this case they were pink--in these sizeable rolls. Would someone like me to see if I can find this again?

-Aaron

RestlessCrow

Hey Aaron.... If you get a chance to take a ride.... head down to Aquatic Gardens and Koi in Jobstown, NJ. You're a lot closer to them than I am. They used to sell rolls of filter material there in different degrees of coarseness... Back when I was in retail they supplied me with all my pond supplies. I believe they were the main importer of Cyprio products until it was bought out by Hozelock. (They might still be.. I've been out of the loop for quite some time.) They still maintain a retail outlet down there in Jobstown.

You Just reminded me though. Cyprio made a filter that I used to LOVE. It was a gravity feed filter. Water entered through a spray bar for aeration. It sprayed down into the filter and then flowed through a series of "bottle brushes" that hung down into the water. The bristles on the bottle brushes were about two inches long and caught all the big junky stuff coming out of the pond. It also made for an AWESOME biomedia. The Stuff that I would hose off these on a weekly basis was AMAZING, and the Japanese maple benefitted nicely from all of the natural Fert. I wonder if anyone has tried using a similar media in aquaria?