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Building a Hamburger Matten Filter (HMF) for an Aquarium: I had read a lot about the Hamburger Matten Filter - from hereon referred to as HMF. The HMF is said to: - Be a cheap filter to install - Create a (very) large filtering surface for (good) filtering bacteria to do their work and therefore function …
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