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View Poll Results: What Bio Filter Medias are you using?

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  • Biohome

    73 37.24%
  • Eheim Substrat Pro

    59 30.10%
  • Mr Aqua CR

    20 10.20%
  • Power House

    5 2.55%
  • DAZ CR

    0 0%
  • Seachem Matrix

    49 25.00%
  • ADA Bio Rio

    17 8.67%
  • Others

    20 10.20%
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Thread: What is your Favourite Bio Filter Media

  1. #121
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    Re: What is your Favourite Bio Filter Media

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    Interestingly for my 2217 i try to get the best of ALL worlds by adding in
    Eheim Substrate Pro 1L
    Biohome 1L
    Seachem Matrix 1.5L

    That way I have the best of all the brands. LOL
    Has been working well so far for the past 1.5 years
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    Re: What is your Favourite Bio Filter Media

    Just using biomech and seachem matrix.

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    Re: What is your Favourite Bio Filter Media

    Hi bro is seachem matrix or denitrate better for a slow air bubble corner filter? Those old school green and blue guppy corner filter. I want to minimize wc for a small 1.5ft tank tks

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    Re: What is your Favourite Bio Filter Media

    Marine pure. Never look back

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    Re: What is your Favourite Bio Filter Media

    Denitrate requires very low flow rate for denitrification. Otherwise it will just be another expensive biomedia. Else you try eheim substrat pro. I use a combination of Matrix, denitrate & substrat pro in my 2211. In another HOF, i uses blue filter wool and substrat pro. Both did a good job of keeping my overstocked 40liter tank clear and nitrates around 15ppm.
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    Re: What is your Favourite Bio Filter Media

    Use matrix and biohome here
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    Re: What is your Favourite Bio Filter Media

    I only use simple bio media, which is old-fashioned sintered glass rings plus kitchen scrubber pads.
    It may look silly, but does the job excellently.
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    Re: What is your Favourite Bio Filter Media

    Azoo media works pretty well for me

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    Re: What is your Favourite Bio Filter Media

    Seachem martix. 2 week WC, nitrates always 0.

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    Re: What is your Favourite Bio Filter Media

    My favourite would be simply basic ceremic rings and occasionally some activated carbon. Nothing too sophisticated.
    Does this make sense: ~Imperfect Past equals future tense~


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    Re: What is your Favourite Bio Filter Media

    Sponges and pot scrubbers

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    Re: What is your Favourite Bio Filter Media

    After having used ceramic rings and sintered glass rings of different sizes, I find that the walls of the rings are too thick, thus wasting a lot of space. Now I am trying out using drinking straws.

    I cut the black straws into small pieces about 0.5cm long, which makes them into tiny plastic rings. Then I fill up a nylon netting bag with these rings. I find that the surface area is increased tremendously as compared with even the smallest ceramic or sintered glas rings.
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    Re: What is your Favourite Bio Filter Media

    Quote Originally Posted by tetrakid View Post
    After having used ceramic rings and sintered glass rings of different sizes, I find that the walls of the rings are too thick, thus wasting a lot of space. Now I am trying out using drinking straws.

    I cut the black straws into small pieces about 0.5cm long, which makes them into tiny plastic rings. Then I fill up a nylon netting bag with these rings. I find that the surface area is increased tremendously as compared with even the smallest ceramic or sintered glas rings.
    Hi tetrakid,

    Can show us the diameter of the black straw, this sounds like an interesting project to take on. Cheers!

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    Re: What is your Favourite Bio Filter Media

    My favourite biofilter is sera siporax. A really under rated biofilter imo. Was totally sold by their demonstration video on youtube.

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    Re: What is your Favourite Bio Filter Media

    Quote Originally Posted by loyxl View Post
    My favourite biofilter is sera siporax. A really under rated biofilter imo. Was totally sold by their demonstration video on youtube.

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    This is one of the best!

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    Re: What is your Favourite Bio Filter Media

    30PPI and above HMF sponges

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    Re: What is your Favourite Bio Filter Media

    Quote Originally Posted by loyxl View Post
    My favourite biofilter is sera siporax. A really under rated biofilter imo. Was totally sold by their demonstration video on youtube.

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    I agree too! Wanted to buy the larger box but not available locally hence I went for the MarinePure block version for my next tank change. Seen the youtube demo too for this media. Google it. Was using Biohomme pro currently for my 4ft marine tank with 0 live rock.
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    Re: What is your Favourite Bio Filter Media

    Quote Originally Posted by antjoey1122 View Post
    Hi tetrakid,

    Can show us the diameter of the black straw, this sounds like an interesting project to take on. Cheers!
    I have forgotten where the black drinking straws were bought, but they are good quality ones with a section ribbed for bending.

    The diameter is about the same as those straws at Macdonalds. I suppose any type of drinking straw will do as well. Cutting up the straws into small beads/rings is a laborious process but enjoyable if one thinks of the final product.

    PS> Perhaps we can also cut up our air tubing in the same way and try it.
    Last edited by tetrakid; 12th Feb 2016 at 18:28.
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    Re: What is your Favourite Bio Filter Media

    Seachem matrix and sera siporax. 2 of the best.


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    Re: What is your Favourite Bio Filter Media

    Was thinking of buying Mr Aqua for my sump, after reading i guess another tub of seachem matrix will just do the job

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