Aquarium filter foam

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    Can anyone tell me where i can get 50mm thick Aquarium filter foam ? looking for 1mx1m piece .

    Cant find anywhere .
     
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    Oh, sorry, I did not notice the 50mm part
     
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    @veldjakkals : Almost , the foam i am looking for is 30 ppm .

    @JP01 : I have emailed Sondor , but they say they dont keep foam for aquariums . Although it shows on their website that they do .
     
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    it is a normal open cell foam
     
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    JP01 : As far as i am aware , yes . Open cell filter foam 30ppi .
     
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    might be to dense for the HMF ... I prefer 20ppi and 10 on inlets of HOB's and Canisters etc.
     
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    O ok thanks . At this stage looking for anything from 10 to 30ppi .

    Very scarce , especially in 600 x 600 x 50 .
     
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    Not sure if the material shop "Waste Centre" is nationwide but I haven't used filter matting from a petshop in ages. I go to waste centre and pay like R35 for a piece that is about 1mx1.5m then just cut to size. Lasts for ever. Think the material is called "batting" and is used as padding or in cushions etc. They have various different thicknesses available.
     
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    I once tried their "non-aquatic" open cell foam. After a few weeks the piece disintegrated in the sump. No fish were injured. At the time I never tested any of the water parameters. I was not sure if the disintegration was related to that particular open cell type foam being unsuitable for aquatic conditions, or if was related to the fact that the piece sold to me was of poor quality as it was a factory off-cut (Sondor told me this)

    OR if the disintegration was related to my water parameters!
     
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