Where to buy waffle filter foam

What sort of a place would sell pieces of the waffle filter foam that is
used in my Fishmate gravity filter? That filter has two densities, a medium
and fine. The idea of paying a premium at retail to purchase two pieces cut
to size irks me when I could probably buy five times as much for the price
and cut it to size myself. I'd love to find a place that may even have a
coarser variety and stack three of them together, as well as having extra
sets so I could run a set through the dishwasher while another takes over
the job.


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Remydog


Check out Spamex at www.spamex.com!
Any thoughts?

I use 3M floor scrubber pads(large round disks) have used them for many
years. You could cut those to size. Check it out. Thanks Mike
"Remydog" wrote in message
news:_OJmc.35186$Ia6.6075061@attbi_s03...
What sort of a place would sell pieces of the waffle filter foam that is
used in my Fishmate gravity filter? That filter has two densities, a
medium
and fine. The idea of paying a premium at retail to purchase two pieces
cut
to size irks me when I could probably buy five times as much for the price
and cut it to size myself. I'd love to find a place that may even have a
coarser variety and stack three of them together, as well as having extra
sets so I could run a set through the dishwasher while another takes over
the job.


--
Remydog


Check out Spamex at www.spamex.com!
Any thoughts?

I use 3M floor scrubber pads(large round disks) have used them for many
years. You could cut those to size. Check it out. Thanks Mike
"Remydog" wrote in message
news:_OJmc.35186$Ia6.6075061@attbi_s03...
What sort of a place would sell pieces of the waffle filter foam that is
used in my Fishmate gravity filter? That filter has two densities, a
medium
and fine. The idea of paying a premium at retail to purchase two pieces
cut
to size irks me when I could probably buy five times as much for the price
and cut it to size myself. I'd love to find a place that may even have a
coarser variety and stack three of them together, as well as having extra
sets so I could run a set through the dishwasher while another takes over
the job.


--
Remydog


Check out Spamex at www.spamex.com!
Any thoughts?

www.aquaticeco.com Is the place you want to check into. Search for filter
media, you can buy a sheet of all types including carbon matting. ~ jan



On Fri, 07 May 2004 10:47:22 GMT, "Remydog" wrote:

What sort of a place would sell pieces of the waffle filter foam that is
used in my Fishmate gravity filter? That filter has two densities, a medium
and fine. The idea of paying a premium at retail to purchase two pieces cut
to size irks me when I could probably buy five times as much for the price
and cut it to size myself. I'd love to find a place that may even have a
coarser variety and stack three of them together, as well as having extra
sets so I could run a set through the dishwasher while another takes over
the job.

(Do you know where your water quality is?)

Thanks. I was thinking more in terms of a supply house rather than a pond
specialty store on the assumption that they would have it for less money. I
just don't know what sort of a supply house I'd be looking for.

MSK
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
s.com...
www.aquaticeco.com Is the place you want to check into. Search for filter
media, you can buy a sheet of all types including carbon matting. ~ jan



On Fri, 07 May 2004 10:47:22 GMT, "Remydog"
wrote:

What sort of a place would sell pieces of the waffle filter foam that is
used in my Fishmate gravity filter? That filter has two densities, a
medium
and fine. The idea of paying a premium at retail to purchase two pieces
cut
to size irks me when I could probably buy five times as much for the
price
and cut it to size myself. I'd love to find a place that may even have a
coarser variety and stack three of them together, as well as having extra
sets so I could run a set through the dishwasher while another takes over
the job.

(Do you know where your water quality is?)

it is a tricky proposition. the question is... is it fish safe. those blue furnace
filters that people suggest have been used and are safe. but we may not know if
suddenly they decide to add antimicrobials like they did to kitchen sponges a few
years back. those scrubbies by scotch (IIRC) were widely used by people with
aquariums. then scotch added antimicrobials altho they did put a disclaimer on the
back in itty bitty font. all of a sudden people were losing entire tanks full of
fish before the word went out.
the one place I wouldnt worry about fish safe is aquatic ecosystems cause they sell
to "the trade" ...people who raise fish for a living.
OTOH, stuff like nylon screening, nylon netting etc is not going to have
antimicrobials added. no point. so once they are rinsed off good, they are going to
be safe.
so my advice, be careful about using supply house stuff unless people on this list
have been using it for a while with no problems and then look the package over VERY
carefully to make sure there is no antimicrobials added.
Ingrid

"Remydog" wrote:
Thanks. I was thinking more in terms of a supply house rather than a pond
specialty store on the assumption that they would have it for less money. I
just don't know what sort of a supply house I'd be looking for.



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Points well taken. Aquatic Ecosystems lists several types of media, but not
the type that is currently in my Fishmate filter (unless it's listed
differently than what I know it as).

MSK
wrote in message
...
it is a tricky proposition. the question is... is it fish safe. those
blue furnace
filters that people suggest have been used and are safe. but we may not
know if
suddenly they decide to add antimicrobials like they did to kitchen
sponges a few
years back. those scrubbies by scotch (IIRC) were widely used by people
with
aquariums. then scotch added antimicrobials altho they did put a
disclaimer on the
back in itty bitty font. all of a sudden people were losing entire tanks
full of
fish before the word went out.
the one place I wouldnt worry about fish safe is aquatic ecosystems cause
they sell
to "the trade" ...people who raise fish for a living.
OTOH, stuff like nylon screening, nylon netting etc is not going to have
antimicrobials added. no point. so once they are rinsed off good, they
are going to
be safe.
so my advice, be careful about using supply house stuff unless people on
this list
have been using it for a while with no problems and then look the package
over VERY
carefully to make sure there is no antimicrobials added.
Ingrid

"Remydog" wrote:
Thanks. I was thinking more in terms of a supply house rather than a pond
specialty store on the assumption that they would have it for less money.
I
just don't know what sort of a supply house I'd be looking for.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

get their hard copy catalog. I find it hard to find anything in their online one.
or just call em and describe what you got. may be that you can put something else in
your filter work just fine. Ingrid

"Remydog" wrote:

Points well taken. Aquatic Ecosystems lists several types of media, but not
the type that is currently in my Fishmate filter (unless it's listed
differently than what I know it as).


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.