coffee filter for mechanical filtration?

united417 · 06/22/2012, 01:21 PM

as the title describes, would a coffee filter work well for mechanical filtration?i am wondering whether others have tried it, or what you all thought of it. TIA

ganjero · 06/22/2012, 01:30 PM

If you mean the paper ones, they probably can't withstand the constant flow in a fish tank.
Maybe for other uses like filtering phyto or rotifers, and I would use the brown ones since the whites are bleached.

spieszak · 06/22/2012, 01:36 PM

a long time ago, on a freshwater tank, I tried one rubber banded to the output of an hob filter... (it was catching things as they were pushed through as I had stirred detritus in the tank....) it kind of almost worked, but the flow was a bit much for it, and it frayed out pretty easily. I would think if you folded them up and it was top down flow, they might hold up a little better... but in general, I wasn't all that happy with the results...

MarcBergmueller · 06/22/2012, 01:49 PM

I would think it would clog right away.

united417 · 06/22/2012, 05:00 PM

i didnt even consider the bleached aspect!much appreciated everybody

i figured it wouldn't be a long-term solution, just something to collect a lot of the larger stuff that somehow manages to escape the tangle of Chaeto

06/22/2012, 01:21 PM	#1
united417 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Oregon Posts: 240	coffee filter for mechanical filtration? as the title describes, would a coffee filter work well for mechanical filtration?i am wondering whether others have tried it, or what you all thought of it. TIA __________________ -Ryan We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch-we are going back from whence we came. -JFK Current Tank Info: 70 gal Starphire with approx 20 gal sump

06/22/2012, 01:36 PM	#3
spieszak Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,877	a long time ago, on a freshwater tank, I tried one rubber banded to the output of an hob filter... (it was catching things as they were pushed through as I had stirred detritus in the tank....) it kind of almost worked, but the flow was a bit much for it, and it frayed out pretty easily. I would think if you folded them up and it was top down flow, they might hold up a little better... but in general, I wasn't all that happy with the results... __________________ I'm new to this saltwater thing, all comments should be taken with a BUCKET of salt! :-) -Stacey

06/22/2012, 05:00 PM	#5
united417 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Oregon Posts: 240	i didnt even consider the bleached aspect!much appreciated everybody i figured it wouldn't be a long-term solution, just something to collect a lot of the larger stuff that somehow manages to escape the tangle of Chaeto __________________ -Ryan We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch-we are going back from whence we came. -JFK Current Tank Info: 70 gal Starphire with approx 20 gal sump

06/22/2012, 01:30 PM	#2
ganjero saiperchémibatteilcorazon Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 4,027	If you mean the paper ones, they probably can't withstand the constant flow in a fish tank. Maybe for other uses like filtering phyto or rotifers, and I would use the brown ones since the whites are bleached.

06/22/2012, 01:49 PM	#4
MarcBergmueller Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Berlin Maryland Posts: 57	I would think it would clog right away.