I have read it in a few books and it makes enough sense to me i jam a wad of filter floss between the sponge and the biomedia on my aquaclear and it gets logged up with just silt every 2 weeks.
Diy ceramic biomedia.
The ceramic is inert and won t change ph or release anything into the aquarium water.
Types include ceramic rings sponges pads bio balls and bio stars sand and gravel.
Keep in mind that some of these materials can also be used as mechanical media.
Will also remove ammonia nitrites.
Reef aquarists will appreciate the biological nitrate reducing properties that the media promotes.
It is manufactured from a porous ceramic material with a high flow rate and surface area.
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It clogs more readily than any other biological medium.
Used it in with other media in my canister filter.
The best way to use marinepure would be in a canister filter or contact chamber.
Setup 10 literally the easiest to rinse.
On the other hand is exactly the opposite.
They make excellent homes for bacteria.
Cermedia marinepure s mp2c bio filter media is a 1 cubic foot ceramic black designed for koi and goldfish ponds.
Use in sumps or in extra large filters the product is from a naturally occurring pumice that can range in colors from white to light.
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Ceramic bio filter media with vast surface area and open flow porosity.
Not brown gray like sediment.
Plastic bio balls i got these with a combo pack with ceramic rings.
Even more diy media.
Designed to improve upon deep sand beds or live rock to lower nitrates in marine freshwater aquariums.
It virtually never clogs but the plastic balls lack the surface area of many of the others.
Smaller media such as the porous ceramic we see commonly used is great but it has a secret issue.
Marinepure is the perfect place for beneficial bacteria to flourish in order to remove harmful fish wastes.
Marinepure s bio media is the most technically advanced bio media available today.
It will eliminate ammonia and lower nitrates.
These porous objects have high surface areas while still allowing the passage of water and light to flow through them.