Can I Use Fluval Prefilter For Biomax?

[BlueBlenny]

Hi all, I'm kind of new to the hobby and have a 20G with a Penguin 150 filter. I wanted to add ceramic rings to my HOB to add to its biomedia capabilities. Today I accidentally bought Fluval Prefilter instead of BioMax. Since it's just for bio purposes, do you think I could use the Prefilter? I have the carbon cartridge for mechanical/chemical filtration.

Thanks!

 

[jgray152]

No. BioMax is what you will need to use.

Prefilter is not porous enough

 

[three-fingers]

Really depends what fish you have, if that tanks stocked lightly (or even just full of loads of flourishing plants), then it would be a bit of a waste of time to go out and get biomax.

Both can do the same job, biomax just does it much better.