Tried the blue foam..not overly impressed.

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ScooterGirl

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As an aquarist I have tons of material laying around (large cell, medium cell, small cell, poly fill, foam, you name it) and my favorite so far is the Marineland Rite-Size bonded filter pad. It's actually two layers, blue and white, with the blue being a bit thicker (I use the blue). When folded in thirds and stuffed into the cartridge I get every last bit of the juice I drip onto it. It's about $5.00 for 312 sq. in. My second favorite is the generic grey small cell air filter foam. It absorbs and wicks really well but it's not so forgiving when it comes to size. Too small and it can leak, too big and it compresses too much to wick. When it's cut just right, however, perfection!
 

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I've tried all these and finally decided to go with cartos. Dont have to mess with anything.. Try Boge LR cartos..and u'll never go back to cartridges

I second this. Stop the madness and frustration. Through all the carts out and don't waste any more time with them. Get LR cartos or the XL LR cartos and done!

You can clean them and reuse them and clean them and reuse them.
 
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