Pumice is a form of natural volcanic rock where a very low viscosity lava shot to the Earth’s surface full of gas. The gas expanded rapidly at the surface before the molten rock could cool. The rock thus became a very lightweight foam. This foam is dug up, crushed and sorted to various sizes. Pumice […]
K1 media is a chopped plastic media that is used both in something called a “fluidized bed sump” (or a “moving bed bioreactor” or MBBR) and used as a static (i.e. “stationary and unmoving”) media in other aquarium filters.
Foam Media: Foam is simply the best biomedia to put in any static aquarium filter. The ability of foam to biofilter the water and give crystal clear, very healthy water is simply the best of any static media.
This article provides the results of water clarity test of aquarium filter media. It shows some products are overhyped!
Snail eggs in the aquarium, this article gives some guidelines to control the number of snails in your aquarium!
The Ammonia Oxidizing Test shows that foam and K1 are much better at oxidizing ammonia than ceramic media. This article explains why!
Aquarium Filter Media Tests: How “Good” is an Aquarium Filter Media? Find out more in this article!
The function of aquarium filter media is to oxidize ammonia in the aquarium.
The cost of filter media is usually not compared to their effectiveness. This article compares it for you!
Review of Aquarium Filter Media – when choosing aquarium filter media you have to consider their ammonia oxidizing efficiency.
