Xinyou XY-2811 Bio-Sponge Filter

Key Features

• Dual-Action Filtration: Provides excellent mechanical filtration by trapping floating particles, while simultaneously acting as a premium biological filter where beneficial bacteria break down harmful ammonia and nitrites.

• 100% Livestock Safe: The gentle air-driven suction makes it the ideal choice for fry tanks, shrimp breeding setups, and hospital/quarantine tanks where standard motorized filters would trap or injure small inhabitants.

• Space-Saving Corner Design: Features a smart, quarter-cylinder shape that fits snugly into the corner of your aquarium, maximizing swimming space for your fish while keeping the filter discreetly tucked away.

• Heavy Weighted Base: Designed with a sturdy, weighted bottom that prevents the filter from floating or shifting around, ensuring it stays firmly anchored to the substrate.

• High Oxygenation: Enhances water movement and drives excellent oxygen dissipation throughout the tank without creating harsh, disruptive currents that stress slow-swimming fish like Bettas or Discus.

• Easy to Clean & Reusable: The high-density foam sponge is durable and easy to maintain, providing long-lasting filtration with minimal upkeep.

Target Applications

This gentle, bio-filtration system is perfect for:

• Shrimp Tanks: Caridina and Neocaridina setups where baby shrimplets need safe grazing grounds.

• Breeding & Fry Rearing: Raising delicate newborn fish fry (Guppies, Discus, Cichlids, etc.).

• Nano & Betta Tanks: Providing clean, filtered water without creating high-velocity currents that exhaust long-finned Bettas.

Specifications

Maintenance Instructions

Important Cleaning Tip: To preserve your tank’s delicate ecosystem, never rinse the sponge in tap water. The chlorine and chloramines in tap water will instantly kill your beneficial bacteria colony. Always squeeze and rinse the sponge gently inside a container filled with siphoned aquarium water during your routine water changes.