BEST FILTER MEDIA FOR AQUARIUM FILTERS - TYNE VALLEY AQUATICS
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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.
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MEDIA NOW AVAILABLE - MINI ULTRA -AND BIOHOME ULTIMATE WHICH IS THE BEST FILTER MEDIA AVAILABLE - (THIS VIDEO IS WELL OUT OF DATE)*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 - Домашні улюбленці та дикі тварини
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 Outdoors are moving bed filters still a good way of getting rid of ammonia? I just made one for my 36 bow.
Pondguru
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?
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 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.
Thanks for watching and appreciating, man.
No worries. Thanks for watching and appreciating the videos, man.
+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.
You’re really engaging and I fully understood everything you said. Thank you :)
At high flow rates the nitrate reduction will be minimal but at slower flow rates it can be very noticeable with the biohome media. The two new types (mini ultra and ultimate) are specifically designed to have a denser inner core which is more suited to anaerobic conditions.
I'm so glad the manufacturer was able to make them to my specification and the biohome ultimate even has essential trace elements to support more maximum bacteria levels.
Thanks for watching and appreciating the videos.
No worries. Thanks for watching and appreciating the videos.
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.
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.
No worries, thanks for watching and appreciating.
Your accent makes this video even more awesome. If you had an aquarium care ASMR channel, it would be the best ASMR periodt.
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).
00:50 - 00:55 confuses me. My understanding is that sintered glass and ceramics are two different things although they appear similar.
I ran out of time to put them on yesterday but will do so today.
Thanks for watching and appreciating.
No worries, man.
This video needs an updated version as there are two new forms of Biohome out now which are the two most popular types: Mini ultra and Ultimate which I had made to my specifications.
As the name suggests, the ultimate is the best media available. I have done a video on that one.
Thanks for watching and appreciating the video.
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.
Mira el video: 'How to make an excellent moving bed filter'
Same to you. Thanks for your support.
No worries. I'd been asked to do one on filter media a few times so I took the opportunity yesterday and it seems to have been well received. Thanks for watching.
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.
Siporax....The best !!
Thanks, man. Some deliveries to the US have been severely delayed by Thanksgiving / Christmas but hopefully they are through the backlog and it shouldn't tanke more than the usual 7- 10 days to get there.
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.
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
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.
No worries, man. Thanks for watching and appreciating the videos.
After 1100 I'm starting to get the hang of making videos now, lol.
This media is so good and he's a great guy good advice, got more media in the post today and some free fine foam. Thank you super fast delivery too
Wow, thanks for the big up and I'm glad you're pleased with the media and service.
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.
Yes, it is great in pond filters but I suppose it would work OK in large sumps too.
Thanks for watching and appreciating the video.
Thank you for explaining all that. It was very helpful.
Either biohome plus or ultra seem to be the most common choices for the larger externals. Either will do a great job.
The video description has a brief list of the different media and their best uses and also has a direct link to the ebay selling page.
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.
No worries, man. Thanks for watching.
Great info bro! The bio home ultra was one I didn't know about. Keep those vids pumpin man!!
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.
Great, thanks for the reply, sort of going on the mix between biofilter and biodigester, your channel is amazing and very inspiring with a mix of everything I like, how you have the energy and time is unreal, great job. Might have to order the Hel-x through you when I,m ready, like the idea of the Bacteria balls too.
thanks. iam going to order sum after the holidays. keep vids coming they are real helpful.
Alright, I'm convinced something ceramic is the right way to go for my set up then. Thanks for the speedy response, definitely will be keeping up with your channel, pondguru!
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.
Excelente. Gracias por este video. Me ayudó mucho para solucionar y descontaminar el agua
I really do love this media. The only one which is anywhere near it is bacteria house koi shower media which costs many times more and is way too large for externals.
Thanks for watching.
Thank you so much. Answered all of my questions..also helped me understand the problems I had when I last kept fish. Thank you
thanks for the video i've been wanting to make a do it yourself system for my new tank and this is a great start. thank you for sharing!
No worries. You may want to check out the video for biohome ultimate as it is the best filter media you can get.
Thanks for watching and appreciating the videos.
My 5 kg box of bio home ultra arrived today, really wasn't expecting it to arrive so quickly, thanks :)
I plan to replace the ceramic noodles in my canister filter on my big 300L tank, 55L Aquanano 40 and my Blagdon Affinity Octogan pond. also going to arrange my filter media like you did in your other video.
Learning so much from you, thanks man :)
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.
Your videos are awesome and very helpful, I wish your store was in Vancouver !
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.
Fantastic as always! Thank you.
No worries, I have just made an experimental aquarium filter from 3 small buckets and a plastic jam jar. I wish I could show it but it is one of the prototypes I am making for a company to show at Interzoo in Germany next year. It's all about experimenting. My other prototype is made of two lunch boxes siliconed together but that one is in the early stages.
Playing around is never a bad thing.
Yes although not being familiar with that particular filter I don't know exactly how much you could fit in there. Looking at images on the net it may only take about 500g?
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 have a 75 gal cichlid setup, with the FX4 and CF400 crammed full of biohome. Awesome product!
Groovy - thanks for the positive feedback.
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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.
Excellent video. Very informative. Thankyou.
Thanks mate just getting into the hobby seriously and discovered your channel & instagram. very helpful indeed you have found a fan!
That is no problem - glad to be of service.
Thanks Richards. I always enjoy your videos. Nigel
Anything which supports bacteria can be classed as 'media' I suppose including sand, gravel, foam, carbon etc. but most people would recognise that 'media' does refer to the biological part of the filter, not the mechanical side (foam, sponge etc.)
Whilst they all support bacteria, the stuff generally regarded as the 'media' will support way more than foams, floss etc.
Glad you found the video useful. The biohome range of media is excellent stuff.
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.
Thanks Michael.
Plus for many it's a case of old = good, new = bad unless a product arrives accompanied by a nation of adverts.
People just love matrix but there has to be a balance between surface area and availability. Try a capillary test with matrix vs Biohome ultimate and you will see which internal structure the water can find. As for matrix never blocking up? If the water can't get inside it I suppose that is true - but not much use.
Check the Biohome Ultimate video for a comparison.
I’ve been using your product for several years in a canister I’m getting ready to switch to a sump system do you think this will work great in the sump as well
Thanks for the great information, I am designing a bio filter for my aquaponics and was thinking of using helix in a internal submegerd chamber with a swirl effect and air to use to break up the solids on their way down and out to the outer casing and flow back up through material filter and over flow into the sump, its an easy clean system but do you think the helix will still clag up with a great amount of water flow? Thanks Again.
My tactic for youtube was always quantity over quality hence the amount of videos I've got banged out. Recently I have started putting a bit more effort in and it is slowly paying off.
Maybe if I ever get out of England I'll be hassling you for a job at your store but I know bugger all about marine systems. OK on freshwater tropicals and great on ponds but the marine scene has passed me by unfortunately. I'm planning to do a top 10 of aquarium channels and yours will be in there, no worries.
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.
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.
I use lava rock for my trickle filters, its sold in big bags for landscaping and propane BBQ grills.
It is foamed rock, never deteriorates, amazing amount of porosity and surface area, and if it gets too gunked up, a simple rinse with clean water and you are good to go.
Works great as a porous filler under your substrate in planted tanks so you don't need as much substrate to get those big hills and valleys.
If you are using a good expensive substrate like Flourite or Eco-complete, every little bit you save is a lot of money.
Can lava rock stabilize my ph which has been super low along with total Alkalinity for past 3 wks, i do partial water changes regularly every 3-4 days and I’ve done one 80 % water change but it just goes down fairly quickly again. Also my nitrates have been nicely low and No nitrites but spike in ammonia as well for past 3-4 wks
I wanted to get a canister filter and you really helped me in deciding which media to use....thank you so much
No worries. Thanks for watching and appreciating the video.
No problem. Most people don't consider changing out the media for high performance media so I thought I'd throw this video out there.
Thanks for watching.
thanks that'd be great! I'll be ordering some from you then along with some other media for the sumps I'm making. Whenever you put the bio balls on buy it all. Thanks again!
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)
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.
+unkleskratch
That is something I have not got into but I would think mechanical screens followed by a solar powered UV sterilization?
+Pondguru is there a supplier for biohome mediain the United States?
Very Professional, excellent work
You videos convinced me to invest in 5 kilos of biohome media and now after running for a few months I have a hard time detecting nitrate in the aquarium let alone ammonia and nitrite it's the best stuff out there imo and it's so much better to upgrade your media rather than your filter (also cheaper). Love this stuff and your videos.
+Jacob Adams Thanks for the faith you have shown in the product and I'm pleased that you love the way it is conditioning the water.
Yes, it is definitely better to upgrade what is inside the filter instead of simply buying a new filter with the same old media in it with the same associated problems.
Great info! Great video!
Haven't tried that one but it looks decent enough.
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.
Great video, cheers.
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.
straight talk, thanks for the valuable info.
There are so many ways you can go with a sump the choice is yours really. Lots of people are going down the fluidised bed route for the final chamber in a sump and it seems to be popular. For a planted tank its probably a better choice than the Biohome media as plastic moving beds produce nitrates which will be used by the plants.
I like foam to "hot rod" my hob filters and Ehiem stuff for my canister filter & Penguin media baskets. I've recently gotten that new Marineland K2 plastic bio media and I like the way it looks and the design of it but time will tell. Thanks for the video
That was an awesome video bro, Had my Aqua One CF1000 for years and never really knew that much about the media that was in it,
well said and well put together video
Aussie Dan
Dan M No worries and thanks for enjoying video. It is a bit old now and I have updated information many times since this one. This video is much better about external filters and explains what should be happening in a filter: ua-cam.com/video/lsAmSD3wVbg/v-deo.html
I have the Eheim classic 150 external filter for my aquarium. I would like to ask you what type of media should I put inside of the filter canister since the canister is quite small.
Thank you for your reply. I have had a bio wheel running for over a year. I have recently upgraded to a larger bio wheel filter. I was thinking of running them concurrently for about three months till the new filter is "mature".
Will do, man. No worries.
Fantastic, I wasn't really looking to deal with filter pads on that tank. I'm hoping to have at least 3 more tanks going plus a pond/aquaponics system. Trying to keep everything as simple and effective as possible so i don't get put off on maintaining each system. Thanks for the reply, take it easy!
Hello I was wondering if I could put media into my sump for my salt water reef aquarium and what kind I should get thank you
i just got some biohome ultra mini cant wait to get that in my external filter following you external filter setup video :)
+Rebel Wargaming Great, it can only benefit the system.
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.
Thank you for the great video.
No worries, man. Thanks for watching and appreciating.
HI there. I have a hob filter which I've had now for about 1 month but I've had my aquarium running for 1 year.
my hob filter has a slide in media pack but has plenty of space left. do u think it's a good idea to pit in more media I mean brand new ones and is it at all better then what it is at the moment?
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.
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.
Your awesome, i will with out a doubt be buying and upgrading to your media. Thanks.
Tracy Hilton No worries, your fish will definitely thank you.
Really appreciate that, thanks very much.
Wow my friend..Your knowledge is super helpful.Please keep up the great work...
Will do, no worries.
Thanks for watching and appreciating the videos.
Great Video!