Filter pads for reactors....how do I make them?

I bought some TLF reactors used and the guy sent me some of his own pads that he made and said worked really well for things like carbon and phosban. I have yet to try them, but they look to just be thick felt pads.

 

I know that Bulk Reef Supply sells replacement pads for their reactors for like $6 a set...but you shouldn't have to change them often...just clean and reuse.

--AJ

 

You should be able to go to a farm supply, hardware store, maybe Earl May, etc. and look in the area where they sell pond supplies. The should have sheets of the porous blue or black plastic filter media. Maybe $5 to $7 a sheet?  Here's an image of what I'm referring to:

The ones that bulk reef supply sells for their reactors actually are attached to the plastic bottom of the reactor media container.

--AJ

 

Potroast, Menards does not have anything like that that i have seen, Im there everyday for at least 6 hrs a day.

 

What I have been doing for my BRS dual reactor is taking the Fluval Foam Block and cut them in half, and then cut to shape. It seems to work pretty good, but I do haft to clean them a little more offen.