A quarantine tank, hospital setup, or small breeding tank often doesn't need a full canister or hang-on filter - an air-driven sponge filter provides real mechanical and biological filtration without complex plumbing. Bacto-Surge is built around exactly that simplicity.
Why Sponge Filters Fit These Setups
Quarantine and hospital tanks need filtration that's gentle on stressed or sick fish, easy to clean, and simple to set up and tear down between uses. An air-driven sponge filter checks all three boxes in a way a powered canister filter doesn't.
What Bacto-Surge Offers
- Air-driven operation, requiring only an air pump rather than an electrical motor.
- Both mechanical and biological filtration from the same highly porous polyfoam sponge.
- Works in freshwater or marine tanks, suited to quarantine, hospital, breeding, or fry-rearing setups.
Setup Tips
- Seed the sponge with established bacteria (by squeezing tank water from an existing filter over it) to speed up biological establishment.
- Rinse in tank water, not tap water, during maintenance to avoid killing the bacterial colony.
- Pair with an appropriately sized air pump for your specific tank volume.
Aquarium Solutions + Hikari Bacto-Surge is available at Marine Concept Supply - order online or pick up at our shop in Wheeling, IL. Shop Bacto-Surge, and browse more aquarium filtration.
