chagoi wrote in message ...
Meier wrote:
Just completed building a skippy filter. Has anyone tried using an
evaporative cooler pad for the filter media? Good results? Or a
reason not to?

What are you using? I hate to spend $125 for commercial floor
scrubber pads if I don't have to. What are you using and what do you
find to be effective?

Thanks!

Repost of 5/22 post

Check out your local Home Depot for a product called "Cobra vent".
It comes in 11.8"(299mm) wide X 20'(6.1m)long X .75"(19mm)thick roll.
It is a non woven matrix of polyester fibers bonded together.
I have used it in all of my filters and pumps, for a year now, with no
side effects. It is really stiff and easily washes out.

Some info on the product:
http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ccmc/registry/10/12961_e.pdf

http://www.accurateroofing.com/cobra.htm

Chagoi
Mike
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Hi All!

A special thanks to Mike for his cobra vent idea. It had to be
special ordered from Home Depot so we picked it up at a roofing supply
company. Sunday will be two weeks since we installed it and it is
really doing the trick...definitely made a believer of us regarding
the filter material and the skippy filter itself.

I now have another question. Has anyone tried "Mosquito Dunks"
http://www.marchbiological.com/L/mosquito_control.html in their skippy
filter and/or pond. If so, any detrimental effect on the bacterial
filtering system? Would you advise not using them? I ask this
because we have covered our stock tank with a clear sheet of
plexiglass. Looking through the plexiglass we see tiny mosquitoes and
don't want to contribute to the West Nile problem in this area.

Thanks!