I wasnt sure of the name on the pads he has. He runs them under his regular filter because they plug up easy he said. What ever he is doing I need to figure it out, cause man, that tank was really clear. I think I need to get some decent carbon. The stuff at the LFS sucked, I got the cheap stuff, cause it was a lot bigger bottle, but its got ammonia remover in it too, I think I need more carbon. I think the only real carbon they had at the LFS was black diamonds, and it was a tiny little bottle, and seemed to be largely black dust...