How to effectively keep media in a Seachem tidal filter.

[Sharkbait19]

Hello,
My 40B tank currently runs on a Seachem Tidal 55 hob filter. It does a really good job of keeping the water circulated, but I feel like there is no easy way to keep media in the filter, besides just throwing everything randomly into the filter basket. To those who also own this filter, how do you set up the interior? I’d love to maximize space for various types of media, but always hit a roadblock in doing so.

 

[blaxsun]

What types of media do you all want to run in your Tidal?

 

[Sharkbait19]

Currently, the two media I am most concerned with are carbon and phosphate remover, as well as some bio balls for bacteria. Just these three bags, along with the blue sponge the filter came with, barely fit in the filter.

 

[reeftankdude]

On my 35 Tidal from the bottom up is the blue sponge that came with the filter, Poly-fil, mesh bag of activated carbon, and a few reef stones to keep everything down.