Click 'SHOW MORE' for full video description and links. A very important video looking INSIDE filter media with microscope: bit.ly/3Lfksso That video clearly shows the huge difference between Biohome and 'Matrix' (pumice), ceramic rings, Alfagrog, lava rock and cheap Chinese media. BIOHOME FILTER MEDIA, FILTER UPGRADE KITS AND FOAMS AVAILABLE HERE: www.filterpro.co.uk A great little HOB filter: geni.us/Q4AI37t Video on the HOB-500 filter: bit.ly/3AYMl3t This is an old video examining some of the best filter media available with some general tips at the end to help when choosing between buying a new filter and upgrading your existing one. What is the best media for aquarium filters? **NEW MEDIA NOW AVAILABLE - MINI ULTRA -AND BIOHOME ULTIMATE WHICH IS THE BEST FILTER MEDIA AVAILABLE - (THIS VIDEO IS WELL OUT OF DATE)** Media is as follows with suggested best type of filter use (shown in same order as this video): 1 - Biohome Standard A compact sintered glass media suitable for overhead filters, trickle filters, sumps, external and internal filters. 2 - Biohome Plus As above but with additives to ensure much faster colonisation by bacteria. 3 - Biohome Ultra A larger version of Biohome standard with rougher feel. Possibly the best media available. Suitable for trickle towers, sumps, larger external filters, overhead filters and multi chamber koi filters. 4 - Biomotion A rounded sintered glass media with neutral buoyancy. Suitable for moving bed filters, overhead filters, trickle filters, sumps, external filters and internal filters. Has montmonrolite clay coating to condition water. 5 - Ceramic Rings / Noodles Ceramic media with variable surface area depending on quality. Suitable for external filters, overhead filters, internal filters, trickle filters and sumps. 6 - Bio Sponge Ball Plastic media with added internal sponge to trap solids and support extra bacteria. Suitable for filters with a fast flow through rate e.g. Koi filters, Shower filters (before ceramic media) and large external filters. 7 - Hel-x Plastic filter media which is an evolution of K1. Has approx 40% more surface area than K1 per litre. Supports very hardy bacteria which rapidly consume ammonia and nitrite. Suitable for moving bed filters and high demand applications (koi or large aquariums). 8 - K1 Most widely used plastic moving bed filter media. Has less surface area than Hel-x but is smaller so can be used in tiny filters. Supports vigorous bacteria as above. Suitable for moving bed filters. **PLEASE NOTE I HAVE CLOSED TYNE VALLEY AQUATICS AND NOW SELL MEDIA FROM HOME ONLINE. COLLECTING MEDIA IS NO PROBLEM JUST RING OR EMAIL ANY TIME.** My phone number (Richard) 07772848730 My email address sales@filterpro.co.uk
Pondguru I have a question I just received 3lbs of biohome plus and I plan on putting it in my EHEIM canister and right now it has the eheim bio balls in it with the other media. I’m wondering if I should leave some of the bio balls in there while I’m switching to the biohome maybe like 80% biohome 20% bio balls so that way I’m not taking all the bacteria out at once and to also help speed up the switch... any advice would be appreciated thank you
By the end of it.....you're right. The biggest problem comes from most Aquarium's owners. They don't check v water values immediately out from thr filtration unit. Immediately and exactly a water sample not "contaminated" from the aquarium. Water Sample from filtration unit out. Big difference. In case the "water out" has bad numbers ( Amonia, nitrate, nitrite etc..) is pointless the Unit working. A filtration unit "damping" bad water is useless and causing an evil "swamp" in our aquariums. I called this effect as "swamp chain reaction". Conclusively , bad water IN + bad water OUT= SWAMP
Yes if the filter is not capable of supporting enough beneficial bacteria to treat the bad water going in then bad water will come out. It is always best to oversize a filter and have good filter media in there, well protected by foams.
The balls can just be kept in any sealed container and they will last for many months. Even if they degrade into a gel or liquid it will still be fine to add that as it will be packed with good bacteria. You can't overdose with them so feel free to use them all in the filter.
The last part of that is bang on and also its important not to waste space in a filter with cheap media with small surface area. Filling a filter of any sort with cheap plastic balls is false economy as there is very little surface area for colonisation. The moving bed overcomes this problem by having them crashing together which will eventually be colonised by very strong bacteria doing a better job of consuming ammonia and nitrite than lazy bacteria in static bed.
remember... do not use lavarocks!! you can get 3 kg of it for only £5. maybe that's why it's not mentioned in this film ;) put a Fluval sticker on the box and multiply the price by 10 LOL
Some lava rocks are very good (good quality white pumice) and some aren't so good but as an alternative media even the darker lower quality pumice (which most people know as lava rocks) will be much better than poor quality ceramic rings so definitely worth considering if you've got plenty of space for media.
Thats not too bad. Some to the US have been taking 3 weeks lately due to the Christmas backlog on buth sides of the Atlantic. Glad it got there quickly and safe.
I'd imagine that 1kg would fit in there. It can be snapped up to pack in tightly. I have it listed in 500g and 1kg amounts on the ebay selling page (link in video description).
I have a new small version of biohome ultra which is perfect for external filters but it didn't exist when I made this video as I have recently had it specially made to my specification by the manufacturer. That is the best one to go for.
I was discussing the possibility of making a new type yesterday with the guy who makes it for me but we decided that any changes to shape or density wouldn't be of benefit. It is great stuff indeed.
I'll definitely watch it, I'm still trying to get my head around setting up canister filters. Thank you for the quick response though, it was very helpful.
I'd just go for one type of media and graded foams to protect it. Watch the video 'How to set up an external canister filter' to see the correct way to set up the filter with foams and media. There is a 2 minute version or a 12 minute version.
This is changing the whole chemical media world. There will be many imitators, but this product is going to turn Aquarium world on it's head. Richard, you are a genius. Love your Media. Was using Matrix (Pumice). This is the greatest product ever. Thanks for your You Tube Episode.
No worries, the mini ultra and ultimate forms of biohome do an incredible job in external filters. Glad you enjoy the videos as there are plenty more to come in 2015.
As far as judging how well they perform, Many people buy them and add them in tanks where there is always ammonia readings and the filter isn't coping with the overstock. Obviously the best thing is to remove fish and / or use a bigger filter but the balls do help reduce the ammonia and nitrite by consuming it rapidly. We always recommend them for new tanks as they help reduce ammonia spikes. Bacteria in freshwater filters works in cold or tropical tanks / ponds.
Beautiful tank displays. I appreciate how much you care about the fish and hobby. Now if only there was a store as great and knowledgeable as yours where I live in the US.
I'm sure there will be some good places scattered through the US but there is a long running obsession with fish over here which helps I suppose. Thanks for watching and appreciating the videos.
Just ordering through ebay is as quick as anything as I pick the orders up and I process them at home anyway. They are posted out next day / same day but always at the earliest opportunity. I'd go for a kilo of each. You can't get better media and many people go for the biohome plus in one tray and biohome ultra in another tray. Seems to be the most popular choice and will offer much greater filtering capacity than standard media which comes with external filters.
I sell it in either 500g or 1kg. If you follow the link in the video description you can check out the listings and see a picture there of a bag which is 500g. 1kg is two of those bags. I can only sell it per weight since they are different lengths.
Hey Pondguru love your videos I had a few questions in regards to my canister filter we are new to canisters and bought a SunSun for our 56 gallon column with 2 electric blue acaras, 2 German blue rams, and 4 angelfish. I set up my canister as you suggested in how to setup a canister with coarse foam on bottom and waiting for my recalculated medium foam to come in, then fine foam , currently using charcoal a marineland formula of charcoal that helps with ammonia and a purigen bag. Then basic bio balls with the ceramic rings in the very bottom in the gap at the very bottom. I want to order enough medi to fill at least on tray in my canister but in a few months my wife and I plan on purchasing another canister for our 60 tropical community tank and a 10 gallon betta tank and I am trying to help my an older couple make their brand new marineland canister efficient as well and I have no idea of how much media I would need the bio home mini ultra or bio home plus because when i looked online at ebay the cost of shipping is high and I really don't want to put out such high shipping more than once and get enough to do all these tanks. If I send You dimensions of the three larger tray sizes could you give me an accurate estimate of how much I would need? How often do you have to replace this media if ever? And my final question do they replace chemical filtration such as charcoal or purigen or do they replace products such as bio balls in the canister or both.
+Elder Breed Sounds like you are in the US? the US supplier is www.greatwaveeng.com and he will advise on amounts for US filters. The media should last a good 6-10 years at high efficiency in a well set up filter. As I have had many reports of failure to establish anaerobic bacteria (which process nitrates) from people who use purigen I'd definitely advise not to use that product. I'm not sure if it is the product itself, the bleach used for recharging or the buffer which is added after recharging to prevent it screwing up the pH but it definitely seems to hammer the bacteria in the filter media. When it is removed the filter establishes as it should and nitrates fall.Really all you need in a filter is foams and filter media but if you want to use carbon (to draw in fish treatments / colour from bogwood) it should be the very last thing water hits before leaving the filter as it needs to operate in a super clean environment to last the maximum 7-8 weeks it stays active (before it clogs and needs replacing). The media should be capable of removing ammonia, nitrite and nitrate if used at a sensible amount which most properly sized filters will allow for.
It should be very well filtered if you have 3 filters on it so if you were going to add anything else I'd go air pump although it may well not be necessary as there should be plenty of water movement.
+Jason Olbinski No but we used to use something very similar (in structure) which was called Alfagrog. It is is a ceramic waste product from the foundry process and works well in dirty environment. However I have recently been sourcing proper lava rock (pumice) as two decent medias (marine pure and matrix) which are form of pumice seem to work quite well, but are really expensive. I have always considered the marine pure to be too open structured and the matrix to be too dense, clogging easily and requiring really slow flow rates to be effective but I have recently taken delivery of some pumice which has a very consistently good internal structure and has pores and tunnels in a range of sizes. Currently have it in 2 sizes but may end up stocking 4 sizes as it is suitable for filters ranging from small internal aquarium filters to large koi trickle towers. I will be selling it simply as pumice - no fancy names for something which occurs naturally. I'll make a video when I get it all sorted.
+Pondguru Outdoors I just use natural lava rock, you can get a huge bag of small pieces at Home Depot for $4.00 which will practically last forever. Lava rock works great for bacteria to latch onto and also naturally clarifies the water like carbon. Anyway, to each his own, I like the lava rock because it's natural, works great and is cheaper than the man made stuff.
+Jason Olbinski Is it the dark form of lava rock? The pumice I have is an off-white colour. At $4 per bag you can't go wrong and I love it when people use products which weren't intended for aquatic use safely and to great effect as many products within the hobby are way too expensive.
+Pondguru Outdoors It's just the natural stuff, it ranges from red to maroon to brown, it's not a pumice it's small rocks. There's a lake near me in Oregon that was formed by a volcano 100's of years ago, the entire area including the lake is covered in lava rock. The lake is so clear you can see down 30 feet or more, they call it Clear Lake. I did a lot of research on it and lava rock is inert, it does not affect the water at all as far as ph or anything else, just acts as a great bio media. A while back I had a 75 gal tank with cichilds, I had great filtration but the tank stayed remarkably clean and clear, I had 3 big pieces of lava rock in the tank for caves, i think they acted as a natural filter just being inside the tank. try it out sometime for yourself, use the all natural stuff, it's reddish brown.
+Jason Olbinski Ah yes I am familiar with that. I have often wondered if some of the specialist planting substrate is simply small pieces of lava rock tumbled to make it rounder as the color matches your description perfectly. Glad you're having success using it.
lol I hit that finger with a hammer ages ago and the nail has grown in all buckled and white. Growing out now but its taking an age to come back in straight.
No distributors there yet so it would come from UK or Singapore (Singapore does not have the mini ultra or the new Biohome ultimate which are far and away the most popular two media. This video was made before they were produced so check the videos: 'How to set up an external canister filter' and 'Biohome Ultimate' for details on how to properly set up the external filter and the two best media for the job.
If the filter is just there to offer some water clarity and there are very few fish in a heavily planted tank, no problem as the bioload will be very small. In a normal tank set up you would want an efficient filter operating to process fish waste as quickly as possible so would require a filter which not only mechanically cleaned the filter but also provided as much surface area for bacteria as possible.
It is possible to convert anything to anything but sometimes I need to know what I am converting from and to in order to give any sort of useful advice. Having the best possible media in a filter is of great importance as that will be processing all the fish waste.
brian noreen Not sure what you mean by bio wheels but if you check out biohome ultimate that would be the one to replace ceramic rings as it is best media you can buy.
I think i may have just replies to a message from you regarding this. I'm not familiar with that filter but the 'How to set up an external canister filter' video will give you some idea of how much I used for that one (just under 3 kg) and the new 'Biohome Filter Media' video shows how much media you get per kilo toward the end of the video.
Ok thank you very much. I'm probably going to mix both. Maybe ceramic rings on the bottom and lava rock on top. I'm going to keep some goldfish and I'm probably keeping 2 or 3 extra more fish since it's going to be a 125 gallons (473 liters) aquarium. I know that goldfish are messy, so I need a lot of surface area (I need to fill a 30 gallons of media). I'm also adding plants in the sump where the roots will dig in the lava rocks for removing nitrates. Thanks again.
There is no media specific to any particular fish but any filter will perform better with efficient media. The Biohome range of media is about as good as you will get so adding to a suitable filter is the easiest way to ensure well filtered healthy water in your aquarium.
Hi! Sorry for my language as I'll french . It's the first time I look one of your video and it's very unterresting ! Before I didn't place filters area like that.i learn a lot so thnks !
I would go with Biohome plus as the media trays in both filters are quite small and you'd have a task to fit Biohome Ultra in there efficiently as it is much larger than standard biohome or biohome plus.
Hel-x will not clog as it is a self cleaning media as long as it is moving well with air flow from beneath to make the moving bed happen. Sounds like a good plan.
The biomax which is in the filter is decent stuff but depending on the model (and therefore size) of filter I would go for Biohome plus or Biohome mini ultra / ultimate (the newest one with added trace elements - video to come hopefully today)
I'd go for the larger filter and use the spray bar attachment to diffuse the flow. Some fish prefer a good flow but others like guppies and gouramis prefer less flow. If you are intending to get a larger tank then the 406 is the obvious choice as it will save you buying 2 filters.
Third one is ultra, yes. There is no media specific to any type of fish but many people do use the ultra for predatory fish due to the fact that they have external or sump filtration which is suited to the larger media.
The Hel-x is £3.49 per litre but that price drops with 5 or 10 litres. 10 litres is £18.49. My ebay account is tynevalleyaquatics but I'm not sure you can search for specific sellers? If you search for peat balls or biohome filter media I will be the only seller of them. Then just click 'see sellers other items' to bring everything else up, no worries.
? There is a direct link to the selling page on ebay. Just click 'show more' to see the full video description. There is a new media called biohome mini ultra which is the best choice for sumps and external filters. It is listed on ebay too.
Assuming that the media is well protected by layered foams and micro pad / floss it will be at least 2-3 years before you need to think about it losing efficiency. It should last for many years but if there is poor protection then it will clog just as easily as any sintered glass or ceramic media, rendering it inefficient after a few months.
Plastic balls came from our Czech fish supplier and the sintered glass balls are from a UK manufacturer. I normally only sell the sintered glass balls on ebay but am going to list the plastic ones on there today as I have no use for them at present.
The ceramic media supposedly takes 12-28 days to become mature and plastic media can take many months but I'm a fan of slowly stocking the tank and not assuming that all is fine and well in the filter. If the bacteria is not throughout all the media and the fish stock is too high, the inevitable problems with ammonia will occur. I'd say 6 months for a filter to be classed as 'mature'.
Thanks, man. According to the Oxford English Dictionary: noun (plural aquaria /-rɪə/ or aquariums) - a transparent tank of water in which live fish and other water creatures and plants are kept. ....Either is good with me.
Available surface area. Scrubber pads are fine when used to strain out heavy particles which are suspended in water but no good for the biological side of a filter due to the lack of available surface area for bacterial colonisation. It is always best to have good mechanical filtration (decent foams) before any quality filter media as it will then last longer since it won't get clogged up as fast with debris. Foams before high surface area filter media = good filtration. Mechanical, Biological.
You must have subscribed to me as I have also subscribed to yours a while back. I always subscribe to anyone who subscribes to me if they have taken the time to make some videos. The Biohome Ultra is basically just ultra heat treated sand. I eat worse things on a daily basis including peat when I'm making peat balls - lol Thanks for watching and appreciating.
Bio sponge balls work OK but have very little surface area and ceramic rings vary greatly in quality. The media which you grow the plants in (clay based media) will act as a filter media so as far as I know most aquaponics systems have this as the filter?
Its not a shop on ebay, just a selling page with a few types of media, peat balls, almond leaves etc. The link is in the video description and that should take you to the to the products currently for sale. Failing that there is also a link to our website where each product has a page explaining all about it with FAQ's also.
Strange thing is the amount of people I supply with peat balls and new filter media in the UK with eastern European last names. They seem to have a much better understanding of natural products than the majority of english fishkeepers who often get transfixed with brands and throw away products. I hate wasting anything and always insist on selling only top quality products. Gradually people are becoming educated but it is definitely an uphill struggle, lol
That stuff sounds cool to but I do have a few years supply of Marine Pure for now. Importing from the USA to Australia means you have to get enough to make it worth while!
You may want to watch my 'How to set up an external canister filter' video to see how to properly set up the filter first. I'd put the peat granules in the very top of the filter so they were the last thing the water contacted on the way out of the filter. That will make sense when you have watched the video I mentioned above.
Over the last few months I have had the manufacturer make a mini version of ultra for me specifically for external filters then he was also able to combine the trace elements added to the biohome plus to the mini ultra to make biohome ultimate. Just search 'Biohome Ultimate' to see that video - in it I explain exactly why I wanted it to be made how it is and it now outsells the others in the range with everybody loving it.
Considering how much rubbish there is out there hopefully this should make a few people think about what they are using in their filters. Thanks for watching.
It is done at cost but to send to US or AU from UK is quite expensive. Becomes more reasonable per kilo for larger amounts as it goes by international courier. An average external filter can take 3kg mini ultra or the new Biohome ultimate so shipping on that isn't too bad.
Not sure how effective coral chips are as a filter media but they will raise pH and buffer it way high. Fine if you are going marine or malawi / tanganyikan. No good for anything else. I'd personally use biohome ultra in a sump after effective foams. Just started selling a new media called Biohome ultra mini which is awesome. Much easier than Biohome ultra to fit into standard external filters and smaller spaces.
Not many people talk about it as the same old information is regurgitated by so called experts. There are still discoveries to be made and its good you are going to experiment with them - there are plenty of extra balls in there. People on forums even cuss up the peat balls I sell (they have never used them) as they don't want to learn anything. All they have to do is look at the feedback on ebay and maybe, just maybe, try a product they are doubting themselves - but that would involve effort.
You are in the UK? You want to order fish from the US? If yes to the above questions then the same problem will occur from UK to US or US to UK. Multiple carriers, customs and problems with late arrivals will be a death sentence unless they are sent by a really good carrier which will cost a fortune. As for which carriers would do that. pass. I am in the UK and we only supply to the UK due to above problems.
If I remember rightly it is around 7300 sq. ft. per kilo and thats only slightly more then matrix which I still find hard to believe. If you crushed either of them into a very fine powder how far would it spread? Yup. I tend not to believe the figures quoted by any manufacture personally. There will always be anaerobic bacterial activity in an aquarium in any 'dead spots' of sand or deep gravel and certain media will support more than others but not necessarily solve a high nitrate problem.
I assume it is 'biomax' which comes with the fluval externals? (we don't sell fluval externals). If so it is one of the better media - nice and porous but has alot of wasted space with the huge hole through it which is a shame as it will support very little anarobic bacteria so will be only doing 2/3 of the biological process. Assuming there is space in the tray, I consider Biohome Ultra to be far and away the best ceramic media matched only by the huge 'Bacteria House' media for koi showers.
Provided the media is well protected by good foams (see ' How to set up an external canister filter' video) it should last 2-3 years before the internal structure becomes clogged and less effective. All ceramic and sintered glass filter media will lose effectiveness after a few years and won't last for ever.
They don't take too kindly to nitrite - especially if it's level rose fast. A drop in pH, if rapid, doesn't do any fish good either so maybe a combination of the two affected them? If the cartridges you are asking about are the carbon ones then every 7-8 weeks as that's how long the carbon stays 'active' after that time it won't be absorbing any chemicals.
The best media is Biohome mini ultra. I have shot a new media video showing all the types of Biohome media now avaialable - with any luck I should get that edited tonight.
Should be about right. They will likely need much more space to breed. Check out seriouslyfish on the internet. They have advice on breeding all species of fish and it is by people who know their stuff. Not fanboys arguing on forums.
Unless it is a very small external filter the ultra should be fine.It can also be snapped up to make it smaller. If you do have a smaller external and you don't think the ultra will fit I'd go or one of the other biohome media and pack it in.
Waste as in sediment / suspended solids? No that will be strained out by foam in filter. Ceramic rings and other filter media is there to provide home for bacteria which will consume ammonia and nitrite.
10kg biohome ultra delivered to singapore would be £210 due to the shipping cost accounting for £125 of that total. The shipping is the same as postage - just different words for the same thing.
Produce nitrate? If used at high flow rates, yes they will support more aerobic bacteria and at low flow rates will support more anaerobic bacteria which will reduce nitrate.
We can order them in, yes but we generally don't stock them. Whenever we have anything unusual or expecting new fish in we post to our facebook page - link on my channel.
beautiful angel fish, I like the natural ones with stripes :D, and about the filters and filter media, wise... wise words man! congrats, another great video!!
if it is a filtoclear 11.000 it only has foam inside the filter and there is no room to add any media so its a non-starter. Provided the filter is a suitable size for the volume of water it should have no problem keeping the water clean and healthy.
As shown in the video, the moving bed filter media explains a good use of plastic media in a moving bed filter. In large filters (esp. Koi ponds) the static plastic media (i.e. plastic tubes / balls) is useful to aid primary settlement and moving beds of K1 or Hel-x can rapidly consume ammonia and nitrite so it does have a place. Generally in static aquarium filters plastic would be avoided. Thanks for watching and appreciating the video.
We do. The biohome mini ultra (check ebay) is a better media IMO. We usually have a few kilos of all types in the shop but since I process ebay orders from home the main stock of media is there.
Probably because like most of the developed world (UK included) we are obsessed with brands, trademarks and flashy advertising whereas we should be concerned with sourcing good reliable products, lol. I'm selling a new small version of the biohome ultra which is possibly the best media you can buy for external filters - awesome stuff.
Not sure what you're asking here. The coral will raise the pH so has no chance of lowering the pH. To do that naturally you will need peat, almond leaves or bogwood.
That wouldn't make any difference to the amount of available surface area really. If you have crappy ceramic rings change them for good media to get more effective surface area in the biological part of the filter. Some ceramic rings are OK so do a capillary test (like the one in the video 'Biohome filter media) to see how porous your media is before scrapping it. Thanks for watching and appreciating the video.
Eheim media is generally good stuff. The substrat pro is most similar to the biomotion for size and surface area but is more dense so can only be used in a static filter. Unless you went to any of the biohome media it wouldn't be worth upgrading as there is very else on the market with a surface better area than substrat pro.
Many people use the Biohome Plus or Biohome Ultra media for saltwater tanks to great effect and it is more suited to that purpose than Bio-Motion. The best place to have it is at the very end of the filter so the situation you are proposing is spot on.
Yup, spot on. Sorry, i missed that you did say 'terrestrial' in your first comment. That system works very well wether its an aquarium, pond or aquaponic system.
Yes it could go in tights for easy removal. I've never seen the need for carbon unless you are removing staining from the water associated with bogwood. The biohome will certainly do a better job than the ceramic media.
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A very important video looking INSIDE filter media with microscope: bit.ly/3Lfksso
That video clearly shows the huge difference between Biohome and 'Matrix' (pumice), ceramic rings, Alfagrog, lava rock and cheap Chinese media.
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This is an old video examining some of the best filter media available with some general tips at the end to help when choosing between buying a new filter and upgrading your existing one. What is the best media for aquarium filters?
**NEW MEDIA NOW AVAILABLE - MINI ULTRA -AND BIOHOME ULTIMATE WHICH IS THE BEST FILTER MEDIA AVAILABLE - (THIS VIDEO IS WELL OUT OF DATE)**
Media is as follows with suggested best type of filter use (shown in same order as this video):
1 - Biohome Standard
A compact sintered glass media suitable for overhead filters, trickle filters, sumps, external and internal filters.
2 - Biohome Plus
As above but with additives to ensure much faster colonisation by bacteria.
3 - Biohome Ultra
A larger version of Biohome standard with rougher feel. Possibly the best media available. Suitable for trickle towers, sumps, larger external filters, overhead filters and multi chamber koi filters.
4 - Biomotion
A rounded sintered glass media with neutral buoyancy. Suitable for moving bed filters, overhead filters, trickle filters, sumps, external filters and internal filters. Has montmonrolite clay coating to condition water.
5 - Ceramic Rings / Noodles
Ceramic media with variable surface area depending on quality. Suitable for external filters, overhead filters, internal filters, trickle filters and sumps.
6 - Bio Sponge Ball
Plastic media with added internal sponge to trap solids and support extra bacteria. Suitable for filters with a fast flow through rate e.g. Koi filters, Shower filters (before ceramic media) and large external filters.
7 - Hel-x
Plastic filter media which is an evolution of K1. Has approx 40% more surface area than K1 per litre. Supports very hardy bacteria which rapidly consume ammonia and nitrite. Suitable for moving bed filters and high demand applications (koi or large aquariums).
8 - K1
Most widely used plastic moving bed filter media. Has less surface area than Hel-x but is smaller so can be used in tiny filters. Supports vigorous bacteria as above. Suitable for moving bed filters.
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Pondguru Outdoors are moving bed filters still a good way of getting rid of ammonia? I just made one for my 36 bow.
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Pondguru I have a question I just received 3lbs of biohome plus and I plan on putting it in my EHEIM canister and right now it has the eheim bio balls in it with the other media. I’m wondering if I should leave some of the bio balls in there while I’m switching to the biohome maybe like 80% biohome 20% bio balls so that way I’m not taking all the bacteria out at once and to also help speed up the switch... any advice would be appreciated thank you
What about raw earth clay? I know it filters naturally in nature but what about in a tank filter?
+Alejandro Castro
Different grades of clean gravel and sand will be much easier to use than the crushed media and easier to obtain too.
By the end of it.....you're right.
The biggest problem comes from most Aquarium's owners.
They don't check v water values immediately out from thr filtration unit.
Immediately and exactly a water sample not "contaminated" from the aquarium. Water Sample from filtration unit out.
Big difference. In case the "water out" has bad numbers ( Amonia, nitrate, nitrite etc..) is pointless the Unit working.
A filtration unit "damping" bad water is useless and causing an evil "swamp" in our aquariums.
I called this effect as "swamp chain reaction".
Conclusively , bad water IN + bad water OUT= SWAMP
Yes if the filter is not capable of supporting enough beneficial bacteria to treat the bad water going in then bad water will come out. It is always best to oversize a filter and have good filter media in there, well protected by foams.
The balls can just be kept in any sealed container and they will last for many months. Even if they degrade into a gel or liquid it will still be fine to add that as it will be packed with good bacteria.
You can't overdose with them so feel free to use them all in the filter.
The last part of that is bang on and also its important not to waste space in a filter with cheap media with small surface area. Filling a filter of any sort with cheap plastic balls is false economy as there is very little surface area for colonisation. The moving bed overcomes this problem by having them crashing together which will eventually be colonised by very strong bacteria doing a better job of consuming ammonia and nitrite than lazy bacteria in static bed.
You’re really engaging and I fully understood everything you said. Thank you :)
No worries. Thanks for watching and appreciating the videos, man.
00:50 - 00:55 confuses me. My understanding is that sintered glass and ceramics are two different things although they appear similar.
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remember... do not use lavarocks!!
you can get 3 kg of it for only £5.
maybe that's why it's not mentioned in this film ;)
put a Fluval sticker on the box and multiply the price by 10 LOL
Some lava rocks are very good (good quality white pumice) and some aren't so good but as an alternative media even the darker lower quality pumice (which most people know as lava rocks) will be much better than poor quality ceramic rings so definitely worth considering if you've got plenty of space for media.
Why not use lava rock and coral that is what fertilize and filters the oceans and Hawaii and look how beautiful it is
dont be stupid
I use lava rock for years even in a saltwater aquarium
do no harm
Thats not too bad. Some to the US have been taking 3 weeks lately due to the Christmas backlog on buth sides of the Atlantic. Glad it got there quickly and safe.
Yeah, I heard a quicker way to get ripped was with Jack Daniels and Cocaine. I'm not going to try that either....
Jesus wept.
Pondguru - we must have "shopped" at the same place! LOL Good instructive video. Well done.
No worries, man. Thanks for watching.
I'd imagine that 1kg would fit in there. It can be snapped up to pack in tightly. I have it listed in 500g and 1kg amounts on the ebay selling page (link in video description).
I have a new small version of biohome ultra which is perfect for external filters but it didn't exist when I made this video as I have recently had it specially made to my specification by the manufacturer. That is the best one to go for.
I was discussing the possibility of making a new type yesterday with the guy who makes it for me but we decided that any changes to shape or density wouldn't be of benefit.
It is great stuff indeed.
Biohome ultra seems to be the most popular choice for the FX5 but some people go one section Biohome Ultra, One section Biohome Plus.
I'll definitely watch it, I'm still trying to get my head around setting up canister filters. Thank you for the quick response though, it was very helpful.
I'd just go for one type of media and graded foams to protect it. Watch the video 'How to set up an external canister filter' to see the correct way to set up the filter with foams and media. There is a 2 minute version or a 12 minute version.
Mira el video: 'How to make an excellent moving bed filter'
Will do, man. I just make videos when I get a bit of spare time so never plan them but this one worked quite good.
This is changing the whole chemical media world. There will be many imitators, but this product is going to turn Aquarium world on it's head. Richard, you are a genius. Love your Media. Was using Matrix (Pumice). This is the greatest product ever. Thanks for your You Tube Episode.
No worries, the mini ultra and ultimate forms of biohome do an incredible job in external filters.
Glad you enjoy the videos as there are plenty more to come in 2015.
As far as judging how well they perform, Many people buy them and add them in tanks where there is always ammonia readings and the filter isn't coping with the overstock. Obviously the best thing is to remove fish and / or use a bigger filter but the balls do help reduce the ammonia and nitrite by consuming it rapidly. We always recommend them for new tanks as they help reduce ammonia spikes. Bacteria in freshwater filters works in cold or tropical tanks / ponds.
I've never liked fish (apart from the ones in breadcrumbs) but I found your video very clear and informative. I now want to buy a filter.
Yes, biohome standard, plus and ultra can be broken up as required, no worries.
Beautiful tank displays. I appreciate how much you care about the fish and hobby.
Now if only there was a store as great and knowledgeable as yours where I live in the US.
I'm sure there will be some good places scattered through the US but there is a long running obsession with fish over here which helps I suppose. Thanks for watching and appreciating the videos.
Pondguru I like your videos. They help me alot. Very knowledgeable. Thanks.
dennis crawford No worries, glad to be of service.
Just ordering through ebay is as quick as anything as I pick the orders up and I process them at home anyway. They are posted out next day / same day but always at the earliest opportunity. I'd go for a kilo of each. You can't get better media and many people go for the biohome plus in one tray and biohome ultra in another tray. Seems to be the most popular choice and will offer much greater filtering capacity than standard media which comes with external filters.
Siporax....The best !!
I sell it in either 500g or 1kg. If you follow the link in the video description you can check out the listings and see a picture there of a bag which is 500g. 1kg is two of those bags. I can only sell it per weight since they are different lengths.
Purely depends on the type of filter you have and the amount of muck which is collecting in it. As and when really.
Hey Pondguru love your videos I had a few questions in regards to my canister filter we are new to canisters and bought a SunSun for our 56 gallon column with 2 electric blue acaras, 2 German blue rams, and 4 angelfish. I set up my canister as you suggested in how to setup a canister with coarse foam on bottom and waiting for my recalculated medium foam to come in, then fine foam , currently using charcoal a marineland formula of charcoal that helps with ammonia and a purigen bag. Then basic bio balls with the ceramic rings in the very bottom in the gap at the very bottom. I want to order enough medi to fill at least on tray in my canister but in a few months my wife and I plan on purchasing another canister for our 60 tropical community tank and a 10 gallon betta tank and I am trying to help my an older couple make their brand new marineland canister efficient as well and I have no idea of how much media I would need the bio home mini ultra or bio home plus because when i looked online at ebay the cost of shipping is high and I really don't want to put out such high shipping more than once and get enough to do all these tanks. If I send You dimensions of the three larger tray sizes could you give me an accurate estimate of how much I would need? How often do you have to replace this media if ever? And my final question do they replace chemical filtration such as charcoal or purigen or do they replace products such as bio balls in the canister or both.
+Elder Breed Sounds like you are in the US? the US supplier is www.greatwaveeng.com and he will advise on amounts for US filters. The media should last a good 6-10 years at high efficiency in a well set up filter. As I have had many reports of failure to establish anaerobic bacteria (which process nitrates) from people who use purigen I'd definitely advise not to use that product. I'm not sure if it is the product itself, the bleach used for recharging or the buffer which is added after recharging to prevent it screwing up the pH but it definitely seems to hammer the bacteria in the filter media. When it is removed the filter establishes as it should and nitrates fall.Really all you need in a filter is foams and filter media but if you want to use carbon (to draw in fish treatments / colour from bogwood) it should be the very last thing water hits before leaving the filter as it needs to operate in a super clean environment to last the maximum 7-8 weeks it stays active (before it clogs and needs replacing). The media should be capable of removing ammonia, nitrite and nitrate if used at a sensible amount which most properly sized filters will allow for.
It should be very well filtered if you have 3 filters on it so if you were going to add anything else I'd go air pump although it may well not be necessary as there should be plenty of water movement.
have you ever used lava rocks?
+Jason Olbinski No but we used to use something very similar (in structure) which was called Alfagrog. It is is a ceramic waste product from the foundry process and works well in dirty environment.
However I have recently been sourcing proper lava rock (pumice) as two decent medias (marine pure and matrix) which are form of pumice seem to work quite well, but are really expensive.
I have always considered the marine pure to be too open structured and the matrix to be too dense, clogging easily and requiring really slow flow rates to be effective but I have recently taken delivery of some pumice which has a very consistently good internal structure and has pores and tunnels in a range of sizes. Currently have it in 2 sizes but may end up stocking 4 sizes as it is suitable for filters ranging from small internal aquarium filters to large koi trickle towers.
I will be selling it simply as pumice - no fancy names for something which occurs naturally. I'll make a video when I get it all sorted.
+Pondguru Outdoors I just use natural lava rock, you can get a huge bag of small pieces at Home Depot for $4.00 which will practically last forever. Lava rock works great for bacteria to latch onto and also naturally clarifies the water like carbon. Anyway, to each his own, I like the lava rock because it's natural, works great and is cheaper than the man made stuff.
+Jason Olbinski Is it the dark form of lava rock? The pumice I have is an off-white colour.
At $4 per bag you can't go wrong and I love it when people use products which weren't intended for aquatic use safely and to great effect as many products within the hobby are way too expensive.
+Pondguru Outdoors It's just the natural stuff, it ranges from red to maroon to brown, it's not a pumice it's small rocks. There's a lake near me in Oregon that was formed by a volcano 100's of years ago, the entire area including the lake is covered in lava rock. The lake is so clear you can see down 30 feet or more, they call it Clear Lake. I did a lot of research on it and lava rock is inert, it does not affect the water at all as far as ph or anything else, just acts as a great bio media. A while back I had a 75 gal tank with cichilds, I had great filtration but the tank stayed remarkably clean and clear, I had 3 big pieces of lava rock in the tank for caves, i think they acted as a natural filter just being inside the tank. try it out sometime for yourself, use the all natural stuff, it's reddish brown.
+Jason Olbinski Ah yes I am familiar with that. I have often wondered if some of the specialist planting substrate is simply small pieces of lava rock tumbled to make it rounder as the color matches your description perfectly.
Glad you're having success using it.
lol
I hit that finger with a hammer ages ago and the nail has grown in all buckled and white. Growing out now but its taking an age to come back in straight.
No distributors there yet so it would come from UK or Singapore (Singapore does not have the mini ultra or the new Biohome ultimate which are far and away the most popular two media. This video was made before they were produced so check the videos: 'How to set up an external canister filter' and 'Biohome Ultimate' for details on how to properly set up the external filter and the two best media for the job.
If the filter is just there to offer some water clarity and there are very few fish in a heavily planted tank, no problem as the bioload will be very small. In a normal tank set up you would want an efficient filter operating to process fish waste as quickly as possible so would require a filter which not only mechanically cleaned the filter but also provided as much surface area for bacteria as possible.
It is possible to convert anything to anything but sometimes I need to know what I am converting from and to in order to give any sort of useful advice. Having the best possible media in a filter is of great importance as that will be processing all the fish waste.
brian noreen Not sure what you mean by bio wheels but if you check out biohome ultimate that would be the one to replace ceramic rings as it is best media you can buy.
I think i may have just replies to a message from you regarding this. I'm not familiar with that filter but the 'How to set up an external canister filter' video will give you some idea of how much I used for that one (just under 3 kg) and the new 'Biohome Filter Media' video shows how much media you get per kilo toward the end of the video.
Ok thank you very much. I'm probably going to mix both. Maybe ceramic rings on the bottom and lava rock on top. I'm going to keep some goldfish and I'm probably keeping 2 or 3 extra more fish since it's going to be a 125 gallons (473 liters) aquarium. I know that goldfish are messy, so I need a lot of surface area (I need to fill a 30 gallons of media). I'm also adding plants in the sump where the roots will dig in the lava rocks for removing nitrates. Thanks again.
There is no media specific to any particular fish but any filter will perform better with efficient media. The Biohome range of media is about as good as you will get so adding to a suitable filter is the easiest way to ensure well filtered healthy water in your aquarium.
Hi! Sorry for my language as I'll french . It's the first time I look one of your video and it's very unterresting ! Before I didn't place filters area like that.i learn a lot so thnks !
No worries and I'm glad you find the videos useful - thanks for watching.
I would go with Biohome plus as the media trays in both filters are quite small and you'd have a task to fit Biohome Ultra in there efficiently as it is much larger than standard biohome or biohome plus.
Hel-x will not clog as it is a self cleaning media as long as it is moving well with air flow from beneath to make the moving bed happen.
Sounds like a good plan.
The biomax which is in the filter is decent stuff but depending on the model (and therefore size) of filter I would go for Biohome plus or Biohome mini ultra / ultimate (the newest one with added trace elements - video to come hopefully today)
I'd go for the larger filter and use the spray bar attachment to diffuse the flow. Some fish prefer a good flow but others like guppies and gouramis prefer less flow.
If you are intending to get a larger tank then the 406 is the obvious choice as it will save you buying 2 filters.
Third one is ultra, yes. There is no media specific to any type of fish but many people do use the ultra for predatory fish due to the fact that they have external or sump filtration which is suited to the larger media.
The Hel-x is £3.49 per litre but that price drops with 5 or 10 litres.
10 litres is £18.49. My ebay account is tynevalleyaquatics but I'm not sure you can search for specific sellers?
If you search for peat balls or biohome filter media I will be the only seller of them. Then just click 'see sellers other items' to bring everything else up, no worries.
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There is a direct link to the selling page on ebay. Just click 'show more' to see the full video description.
There is a new media called biohome mini ultra which is the best choice for sumps and external filters. It is listed on ebay too.
Assuming that the media is well protected by layered foams and micro pad / floss it will be at least 2-3 years before you need to think about it losing efficiency. It should last for many years but if there is poor protection then it will clog just as easily as any sintered glass or ceramic media, rendering it inefficient after a few months.
Plastic balls came from our Czech fish supplier and the sintered glass balls are from a UK manufacturer. I normally only sell the sintered glass balls on ebay but am going to list the plastic ones on there today as I have no use for them at present.
The ceramic media supposedly takes 12-28 days to become mature and plastic media can take many months but I'm a fan of slowly stocking the tank and not assuming that all is fine and well in the filter. If the bacteria is not throughout all the media and the fish stock is too high, the inevitable problems with ammonia will occur.
I'd say 6 months for a filter to be classed as 'mature'.
No worries, man. Thanks for watching and appreciating the videos.
After 1100 I'm starting to get the hang of making videos now, lol.
Thanks, man.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary:
noun (plural aquaria /-rɪə/ or aquariums)
- a transparent tank of water in which live fish and other water creatures and plants are kept.
....Either is good with me.
Available surface area.
Scrubber pads are fine when used to strain out heavy particles which are suspended in water but no good for the biological side of a filter due to the lack of available surface area for bacterial colonisation.
It is always best to have good mechanical filtration (decent foams) before any quality filter media as it will then last longer since it won't get clogged up as fast with debris.
Foams before high surface area filter media = good filtration.
Mechanical, Biological.
You must have subscribed to me as I have also subscribed to yours a while back. I always subscribe to anyone who subscribes to me if they have taken the time to make some videos. The Biohome Ultra is basically just ultra heat treated sand. I eat worse things on a daily basis including peat when I'm making peat balls - lol
Thanks for watching and appreciating.
Bio sponge balls work OK but have very little surface area and ceramic rings vary greatly in quality. The media which you grow the plants in (clay based media) will act as a filter media so as far as I know most aquaponics systems have this as the filter?
Its not a shop on ebay, just a selling page with a few types of media, peat balls, almond leaves etc. The link is in the video description and that should take you to the to the products currently for sale. Failing that there is also a link to our website where each product has a page explaining all about it with FAQ's also.
Strange thing is the amount of people I supply with peat balls and new filter media in the UK with eastern European last names. They seem to have a much better understanding of natural products than the majority of english fishkeepers who often get transfixed with brands and throw away products. I hate wasting anything and always insist on selling only top quality products. Gradually people are becoming educated but it is definitely an uphill struggle, lol
What sort of filter is the media to go in or how large is the chamber? once I have that information I'll have an idea.
That stuff sounds cool to but I do have a few years supply of Marine Pure for now. Importing from the USA to Australia means you have to get enough to make it worth while!
You may want to watch my 'How to set up an external canister filter' video to see how to properly set up the filter first. I'd put the peat granules in the very top of the filter so they were the last thing the water contacted on the way out of the filter. That will make sense when you have watched the video I mentioned above.
Over the last few months I have had the manufacturer make a mini version of ultra for me specifically for external filters then he was also able to combine the trace elements added to the biohome plus to the mini ultra to make biohome ultimate. Just search 'Biohome Ultimate' to see that video - in it I explain exactly why I wanted it to be made how it is and it now outsells the others in the range with everybody loving it.
Considering how much rubbish there is out there hopefully this should make a few people think about what they are using in their filters.
Thanks for watching.
It is done at cost but to send to US or AU from UK is quite expensive. Becomes more reasonable per kilo for larger amounts as it goes by international courier. An average external filter can take 3kg mini ultra or the new Biohome ultimate so shipping on that isn't too bad.
Not sure how effective coral chips are as a filter media but they will raise pH and buffer it way high. Fine if you are going marine or malawi / tanganyikan. No good for anything else. I'd personally use biohome ultra in a sump after effective foams. Just started selling a new media called Biohome ultra mini which is awesome. Much easier than Biohome ultra to fit into standard external filters and smaller spaces.
Not many people talk about it as the same old information is regurgitated by so called experts. There are still discoveries to be made and its good you are going to experiment with them - there are plenty of extra balls in there. People on forums even cuss up the peat balls I sell (they have never used them) as they don't want to learn anything. All they have to do is look at the feedback on ebay and maybe, just maybe, try a product they are doubting themselves - but that would involve effort.
You are in the UK? You want to order fish from the US?
If yes to the above questions then the same problem will occur from UK to US or US to UK. Multiple carriers, customs and problems with late arrivals will be a death sentence unless they are sent by a really good carrier which will cost a fortune. As for which carriers would do that. pass. I am in the UK and we only supply to the UK due to above problems.
If I remember rightly it is around 7300 sq. ft. per kilo and thats only slightly more then matrix which I still find hard to believe. If you crushed either of them into a very fine powder how far would it spread?
Yup.
I tend not to believe the figures quoted by any manufacture personally.
There will always be anaerobic bacterial activity in an aquarium in any 'dead spots' of sand or deep gravel and certain media will support more than others but not necessarily solve a high nitrate problem.
I assume it is 'biomax' which comes with the fluval externals? (we don't sell fluval externals). If so it is one of the better media - nice and porous but has alot of wasted space with the huge hole through it which is a shame as it will support very little anarobic bacteria so will be only doing 2/3 of the biological process. Assuming there is space in the tray, I consider Biohome Ultra to be far and away the best ceramic media matched only by the huge 'Bacteria House' media for koi showers.
Provided the media is well protected by good foams (see ' How to set up an external canister filter' video) it should last 2-3 years before the internal structure becomes clogged and less effective. All ceramic and sintered glass filter media will lose effectiveness after a few years and won't last for ever.
They don't take too kindly to nitrite - especially if it's level rose fast. A drop in pH, if rapid, doesn't do any fish good either so maybe a combination of the two affected them? If the cartridges you are asking about are the carbon ones then every 7-8 weeks as that's how long the carbon stays 'active' after that time it won't be absorbing any chemicals.
The best media is Biohome mini ultra. I have shot a new media video showing all the types of Biohome media now avaialable - with any luck I should get that edited tonight.
Should be about right. They will likely need much more space to breed. Check out seriouslyfish on the internet. They have advice on breeding all species of fish and it is by people who know their stuff. Not fanboys arguing on forums.
Unless it is a very small external filter the ultra should be fine.It can also be snapped up to make it smaller. If you do have a smaller external and you don't think the ultra will fit I'd go or one of the other biohome media and pack it in.
lol - It is in the video description.
Click 'show more' and the full video description will show, including the direct link to the products on ebay.
Waste as in sediment / suspended solids? No that will be strained out by foam in filter. Ceramic rings and other filter media is there to provide home for bacteria which will consume ammonia and nitrite.
10kg biohome ultra delivered to singapore would be £210 due to the shipping cost accounting for £125 of that total. The shipping is the same as postage - just different words for the same thing.
Ok thanks for replying Richard.
Produce nitrate? If used at high flow rates, yes they will support more aerobic bacteria and at low flow rates will support more anaerobic bacteria which will reduce nitrate.
We can order them in, yes but we generally don't stock them. Whenever we have anything unusual or expecting new fish in we post to our facebook page - link on my channel.
beautiful angel fish, I like the natural ones with stripes :D, and about the filters and filter media, wise... wise words man! congrats, another great video!!
Very Professional, excellent work
Biohome Ultra sounds awesome!
if it is a filtoclear 11.000 it only has foam inside the filter and there is no room to add any media so its a non-starter. Provided the filter is a suitable size for the volume of water it should have no problem keeping the water clean and healthy.
Does a reasonable job if used in large quantities in a koi filter but not enough surface area to be much use in an aquarium filter.
Unless the bioload increases and the filter can't cope there is no point changing the set-up. The bioballs are a decent media.
Will do, man. No worries.
As shown in the video, the moving bed filter media explains a good use of plastic media in a moving bed filter. In large filters (esp. Koi ponds) the static plastic media (i.e. plastic tubes / balls) is useful to aid primary settlement and moving beds of K1 or Hel-x can rapidly consume ammonia and nitrite so it does have a place. Generally in static aquarium filters plastic would be avoided.
Thanks for watching and appreciating the video.
Most people go either Biohome Plus or Biohome Ultra or both of them if there are multiple compartments within the filter.
Nice one, man. I see you have gone for the biohome plus. It is a very good filter media. Will be posting out tomorrow morning, no worries.
We do. The biohome mini ultra (check ebay) is a better media IMO. We usually have a few kilos of all types in the shop but since I process ebay orders from home the main stock of media is there.
Probably because like most of the developed world (UK included) we are obsessed with brands, trademarks and flashy advertising whereas we should be concerned with sourcing good reliable products, lol.
I'm selling a new small version of the biohome ultra which is possibly the best media you can buy for external filters - awesome stuff.
? I can do a Welsh accent but I'm from North East England. First time I've been mistaken for Welsh - Most people think I am from Germany, lol
Not sure what you're asking here. The coral will raise the pH so has no chance of lowering the pH. To do that naturally you will need peat, almond leaves or bogwood.
That wouldn't make any difference to the amount of available surface area really. If you have crappy ceramic rings change them for good media to get more effective surface area in the biological part of the filter. Some ceramic rings are OK so do a capillary test (like the one in the video 'Biohome filter media) to see how porous your media is before scrapping it.
Thanks for watching and appreciating the video.
Eheim media is generally good stuff. The substrat pro is most similar to the biomotion for size and surface area but is more dense so can only be used in a static filter. Unless you went to any of the biohome media it wouldn't be worth upgrading as there is very else on the market with a surface better area than substrat pro.
Many people use the Biohome Plus or Biohome Ultra media for saltwater tanks to great effect and it is more suited to that purpose than Bio-Motion. The best place to have it is at the very end of the filter so the situation you are proposing is spot on.
We really should sell filter bags but don't. They are available for very little cost on Ebay.
I like to get orders out quickly as I have such a terrible memory that if it doesn't go out the next morning there's a chance I may forget, lol.
Yup, spot on. Sorry, i missed that you did say 'terrestrial' in your first comment. That system works very well wether its an aquarium, pond or aquaponic system.
Yes it could go in tights for easy removal. I've never seen the need for carbon unless you are removing staining from the water associated with bogwood. The biohome will certainly do a better job than the ceramic media.