It all starts with a mechanical pad that removes particles floating from aquarium water. Filter pads trap assorted size particles from water. Keep reading to find the perfect filter pad for your aquarium.
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There are many aquarium filter pads for sale and aquarium authority Laurren Schmoyer tried them all over the course of 20+ years in his retail store and aquarium service company. Laurren felt that existing pads would not take aquarium clarity to the level his customers’ fish tanks deserved. He scoured the internet and found a custom fiber manufacturer who, after much testing and many revisions, was able to manufacture the ultimate filter pad. Laurren aptly named it FilterFirst because it is the best filter pad to use first in your filter.
FilterFirst is a TRUE Dual DENSITY filter pad. The top layer’s open fiber construction traps LARGER PARTICLES and the bottom layer's dense fiber network traps FINE PARTICLES work together to produce crystal clear water in your aquarium.
Tough enough to be rinsed, wrung out and reused several times.
Perfect for freshwater and saltwater aquariums
Cut to size to fit your aquarium filter
Use as a prefilter for wet/dry filters, sumps, canister filters, and much more.
Completely safe for all fish and other aquatic life.
Countless fish keepers use FilterFirst with excellent results for messy fish. That said, messy fish with their foods, produce huge amounts of debris which often causes cloudy water. FilterFirst can easily trap this debris. Because it captures more debris than most filter pads it can clog up quicker and need to be cleaned or replaced more often. Every aquarium is unique with the number of fish and other aquatic animals kept, along with the how often and the type of food fed determines how frequently the filter pad needs to be cleaned. If cleaning often is not an issue, then FilterFirst is the best choice.
If you are busy or prefer not to clean your filter pad as often, ClassicBlue is your ideal choice. ClassicBlue has an open fiber construction to promote water flow and prevent premature clogging.
Traps coarse to small floating particulates from the water
Blue pigment is added to our waterproof resin to keep the color on the pad and out of your aquarium water longer than other filter media pads.
Polyester fibers are bonded with our special resin which makes this pad LAST TWICE AS LONG as other pads.
Completely safe for all fish and other aquatic life.
For aquarium water that appears almost invisible use a filter pad that can trap particles to 50 microns. The typical human eye can see particles as small as 50 to 60 microns, such as particles of dust floating in the air. Our 50 micron Polishing Filter Pad is designed to trap these extremely tiny particles thus producing amazingly clear water.
Our polishing pads are made of woven fibers to give consistent reliable performance and they are even tough enough to be cleaned in a washing machine. Polishing pads are best layered with other filter pads such as Aquatic Expert’s FilterFirst Dual Density or ClassicBlue. Layering will extend the time between cleanings.
Polishing pads are available in 50, 100, and 200 micron sizes
Tough enough to rinse, wring out, and reuse several times
Perfect for freshwater and saltwater aquariums
Easily cut to size to fit your aquarium filter