Old school box filter.

[Fish are friends]

Does anyone still use one of these old box filter. I remembered I had one in the back of the cupboard so I cleaned it and added to my tank with a small amount of activated carbon and a sponge so when I start my next tank I'll have ready cycled material.

 

[sparkyweasel]

Mine is still in the back of the cupboard.
Useful to have for things like that, or adding a bit of carbon or whatever without upsetting the main filter. I think they aren't used so much these days simply because little power filters are so cheap.

 

[mort]

I've got a couple in the loft as well. I tend to just stick a sponge on some airline now though as I can use black sponge and hide it behind the hardscape.

 

[zozo]

They are pretty sufficient too with the extra aeration they provide to the media... If you search some China webshops they are still made today in a more fancy modern design.

What I personally don't like is the constant noise of the air pump... But must say had a few rather small DC 12 volt air pumps for some experimental projects that were pretty quite... You can find them verry cheaply on eBay for a few dollar as a used item from discarded Coffee machines, I believe they are used in it to make the foamy milk for Cappuccino. They actually are surprisingly quiet and relatively powerful for its size.

These filters actually still a must-have for breeders to raise fry... They all still use them.