Powering sponge filters with powerhead question?

[jcarson]

Happy New Year MFK,

I going to run a couple sponge filters on my 60 gallon tank, it will only be home to a couple small breeding groups, (pink dragonbloods and red fin borleyi) 9 fish total.

The tank is going in my room right next to my bed and must be very quiet, so air pumps are not an option.
Im going to run sponge filters with power heads and the question that I have is.....

Just the flow rate be more or less?

I am thinking low because of how sponge filters are designed to work with air and I know that with most setups that I have seen they very low.

Thanks gang.

 

[Glenn238]

I believe you will actually get more flow with a powerhead so the sponge filter might clog a little easier than if you were to use a air pump just my thought

 

[jcarson]

I believe you will actually get more flow with a powerhead so the sponge filter might clog a little easier than if you were to use a air pump just my thought

Yeah I have read this too, I'll probably squeezing out my sponges more often.

Maybe even wrapping my sponge filters with filter floss maybe to act as a pre-filter.

 

[Glenn238]

Yeah but they work and are quiet so it shouldn't be to big of a deal or make a crazy difference from running an air pump! all though I also heard running a power head on a sponge filter doesn't make as much surface agitation as well but I'm not all that positive on that I've honestly never tried it but there's ways around it I'm sure

 

[JK47]

Yeah but they work and are quiet so it shouldn't be to big of a deal or make a crazy difference from running an air pump! all though I also heard running a power head on a sponge filter doesn't make as much surface agitation as well but I'm not all that positive on that I've honestly never tried it but there's ways around it I'm sure

That’s only the case when the power head is pointed horizontally or no flow is pointed to break the surface. If pointed to the surface (even at a 45 degree angle) a powerhead will provide significantly more surface agitation than air.

 

[Gustavo S]

I've never had trouble using powerheads with sponge filters, but after I had an HMF in a 10g for cherry shrimp I just feel that they work so much better than usual sponge filters, what I really like about them is that you can use a internal filter as the powerhead and put some of your prefered bio media into it

 

[jcarson]

I've never had trouble using powerheads with sponge filters, but after I had an HMF in a 10g for cherry shrimp I just feel that they work so much better than usual sponge filters, what I really like about them is that you can use a internal filter as the powerhead and put some of your prefered bio media into it

What is an HMF?

 

[deeda]

HMF= Hamburg Matten Filter. It is a type of filtration that uses a piece of aquarium foam, usually at the short end of the tank and either an air lift or power head to circulate the water.

There are quite a few topics on this forum about using them or you can do a search for Poret© foam to get more details.

 

[jcarson]

HMF= Hamburg Matten Filter. It is a type of filtration that uses a piece of aquarium foam, usually at the short end of the tank and either an air lift or power head to circulate the water.

There are quite a few topics on this forum about using them or you can do a search for Poret© foam to get more details.

Thank you.