MATTENFILTER FOAM

The Mattenfilter, Hamburg Mattenfilter, or foam sheet filter design dates back to the 1960s in Germany.

This sponge filter is super simple. It literally is a piece of foam that filters your entire fish tank. Some people are taken aback that that really is all there is too. It’s simplicity has to do with it’s foam filter that doubles up as a mechanical and biological filtration unit. 

The better the quality sponge filter, the better the foam. This matters a ton in your selection process! The sponge will house the beneficial bacteria that becomes your biological filtration. The best sponge will have more surface area and will have superior biological filtration capacity.

One of the best applications for a sponge filter is for a breeder fish tank. Because sponger filters are gentle they do an amazing job filtering in a breeder tank. You won’t have to worry about losing your small fish fry to your aquarium filter intake. They deliver great piece of mind in these setups.

Sponge filters are amazing in a freshwater shrimp tank. Because of their makeup, you don’t have to worry about the filter sucking up your shrimp and their babies. Sponge filters will also grow biofilm on the surface of the foam making it food producing resource for your shrimp. It’s no wonder sponge filters are used so much in shrimp tanks!

Any aquarium 20 gallons and under is ideal for a sponge filter. This makes maintenance and filtration easy. A good quality sponge filter will have plenty of surface area to support the small fish appropriate for a smaller fish tank. 

 You can also use an Air-pump to use the electro Pump to keep it quiet so there is no noise, this could be useful if the aquarium is in the bedroom.

Foam Is available in sheets or can be cut to a custom size to suit your needs.

Selling Foam sheets in sizes 50cm/50cm/2cm, 3cm, 5cm and 10cm

In 10, 20, 30ppm

Also, the Foam sheets can be in sizes 100cm/50cm/5cm in 10, 20, 30ppm

Contact us now to order your foam!