Diy Ceramic Biomedia

Will also remove ammonia nitrites.

Diy ceramic biomedia.

Types include ceramic rings sponges pads bio balls and bio stars sand and gravel. Maintenance 6 these are designed not to clog and because for this if it gave the best flow compared to other medias. It clogs more readily than any other biological medium. The best way to use marinepure would be in a canister filter or contact chamber.

They make excellent homes for bacteria. It virtually never clogs but the plastic balls lack the surface area of many of the others. Plastic bio balls i got these with a combo pack with ceramic rings. Smaller media such as the porous ceramic we see commonly used is great but it has a secret issue.

Cermedia marinepure s mp2c bio filter media is a 1 cubic foot ceramic black designed for koi and goldfish ponds. Designed to improve upon deep sand beds or live rock to lower nitrates in marine freshwater aquariums. Http amzn to 1nhqyuu join the diy aquapro team. The ceramic is inert and won t change ph or release anything into the aquarium water.

Marinepure is the perfect place for beneficial bacteria to flourish in order to remove harmful fish wastes. Not brown gray like sediment. The material is highly fragile and not all blocks are uniform in shape nor size. Reef aquarists will appreciate the biological nitrate reducing properties that the media promotes.

It will eliminate ammonia and lower nitrates. Ceramic bio filter media with vast surface area and open flow porosity. Setup 10 literally the easiest to rinse. Keep in mind that some of these materials can also be used as mechanical media.

Unlike closed pore biomedia water can freely flow through the porous ceramic. On the other hand is exactly the opposite. Used it in with other media in my canister filter. Even more diy media.

These porous objects have high surface areas while still allowing the passage of water and light to flow through them. 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. 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.