Gentlemen and ladies---you need nylons.

[Sk8r]

Ladies nylon knee-highs, to be specific. They make pretty good cheap medium bags: dump the stuff in, self-knot the top, use, and toss when done.

I don't recommend used ones.

 

[WatDatThing]

Have you bought panty hose lately? It is not cheap. Media bag is only $1 at PetSmart. The large one is $5. Panty hose is more than $5.

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[Sk8r]

Not panty hose. Kneehighs. 5.00 for 10 pair. That's 20 for 5.00 or a quarter apiece.

 

[Stolireef]

I'm sorry Sk7tr but they just don't look that good on me.

 

[Sk8r]

you gotta shave first...

 

[AlSimmons]

Depending on the mesh size, a cheap net can be used for this as well. Just cut the netting from the frame, fill it up with GAC, GFO etc and then tie it off with a rubber band. Piece of cake.

 

[CrayolaViolence]

I have found that panty hose degrade. Where a poly filter bag will last years you might get 3-5 months out of panty hose. Last time I used panty hose and went to move the media bags I made out of them they fell apart and all my denitrate rock wound up on the bottom of the sump.

 

[Sk8r]

Other weird uses of common items:
1. a mini colander instead of a net: this spares fish gill covers getting snagged.
2. plastic needlepoint embroidery canvas (cuts with scissors, stitches with fishing line, makes boxes, covers, barriers through which water can flow. [Hobby store: ask the clerk]
3. pillow stuffing: subs for floss, costs far less: [hobby or sewing store] use and toss.
regarding the post above, a netting bag (you can get net where diy wedding supplies are sold in hobby or fabric store) full of coral rubble is a good copepod nursery in your sump. Just shake it out now and again to clean it (using a filter sock on the system when donig so.)
Strawberry cartons (those plastic ones) turned upside down and filled with coral rubble also make good copepod nurseries.

 

[WatDatThing]

you gotta shave first...

ROTFL...

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[AlSimmons]

In regards to the pillow stuffing mentioned above, my dog tears up stuffed animals like nobody's business. Sometimes I'll use that stuffing during a water change to polish my water.
I was going to throw it away anyways so I figure I might as well get some use out of it first.

 

[Sk8r]

Re frangibility of nylons---carbon, however should be changed fairly frequently: it has a nasty quality---it charges up, then begins to break down, and releases what it absorbed.

 

[Jdack]

I use nylons and quilting batting (pillow stuffing). They work well and are cheap, and most often than not the same as what they sell as "aquarium floss" etc.