Re: [GSAS-Member] Eclipse 12 filter media

[Shamus Young <machismo@eskimo.com>]

Thanks to everyone that responded.

I think Matt's on the solution I was looking for.

I was staring at the damn thing the other night thinking about how I could
glue or clip fresh pads on the tray, or simulate the tray, and didn't
think of it from the other direction.  I'm more of an idiot than usual
when it comes to mechanical things.

I'm not sure that the one that came with it is salvageable, but we'll see
how bleaching the livin' crap out of it helps.

I think I'll expand Matt's idea to using a router to cut a little square
in the bottom, so I can stuff filter floss in the cartridge.

Thanks again,

Shamus


On Fri, 17 Oct 2008, Matt Staroscik wrote:

> When I had an Eclipse, I cut a hole in the tray to shake out the carbon,
> washed out the filter pad and reused it for a long time.
>
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Shamus Young <machismo@eskimo.com> wrote:
>
> > Heya guys:
> >
> > I was wondering what the eclipse owners out there use as filter media.
> > The cartridge that came with it is pretty filthy and clogged.  I don't
> > want to get a new cartridge because I don't want to use carbon. I have a
> > big pad of the rough nylon material that's glued on top of the cartridge.
> > In the past, I have just put a double layer of that in the place where,
> > say, the cartridge would go in an aquaclear.  But those are small and
> > vertical.  I don't think that would work with the eclipse because it's
> > horizontal.
> >
> > If you don't use the cartridge that comes with it, what media do you use,
> > and how do you rig it up?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Shamus
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