
Or I was considering buying a 50 pound bag of small crushed lava rock and just filling it with that. I am a firm believer in over filtration.ĭoes anyone have any experience with De*Nitrate or Matrix? Now either of these options will take all most 3 times the recommended media for my tank size, which is great. I really want to try to find a sponge that I can cut to fit the canister so it would be on the very bottom and about 5-6" thick and then layer the media of choice on top of that. Any of you have any experience with larger inlet diameters I have read some people reduce the inlet to a 16/22mm and others said its not recommended. But I read inlet diameter is larger (1' i think) than outlet (16/22mm). I do not use filter batting on my first 2260 as Eheim doesnt recommend it. Hi guys, I am thinking of switching my sunsun canister filter to an Eheim 2260 (with Eheim compact 5000 pump).

When you stop to think that it holds nearly 5 gallons of media, it hurts just a little. I want to go a different route than I did with my first one as it cost me an arm and a leg.ġ: Eheim Efphimech - about 5"( ceramic noodles) I just picked up an Eheim 2260 ( My second one - I love this filter ) for a measily $80 on Craigslist.
