Biohome Questions

[doubleace]

Hi Guys

You all know that Eheim 2028 has 2 trays with the same media in it and its better to change 1 of the tray to biohome or all the trays to biohome? I am planning to change the media in the filter for my corydoras tank. So which type of media is good for the filtration.

If i load all the trays with biohome will it be better will it provide biological and mechanical filtration?

*my biohome means mixture of white (standard) & red (with nutrients).

Need some comments and advise.

[bossteck]

You definitely need some wool for mechanical filtration. Filling both trays with biohome won't help you in removing the finer particles.

[doubleace]

You definitely need some wool for mechanical filtration. Filling both trays with biohome won't help you in removing the finer particles.

wool definitely have. Is the media.

[bossteck]

If i load all the trays with biohome will it be better will it provide biological and mechanical filtration?

I said what I said because of this.

Biohome will not do any good at providing mechanical filtration.

But they are great for biological. In terms of surface area it provides vs the volume it takes up in your canister, I think it is one of the best choice.

Anyway, if it is an established tank, or if you're using starter bacteria, then getting the grey biohome would be sufficient, no need to spend more in getting the red ones.

Cheers

[khtee]

Hi Guys

You all know that Eheim 2028 has 2 trays with the same media in it and its better to change 1 of the tray to biohome or all the trays to biohome? I am planning to change the media in the filter for my corydoras tank. So which type of media is good for the filtration.

If i load all the trays with biohome will it be better will it provide biological and mechanical filtration?

*my biohome means mixture of white (standard) & red (with nutrients).

Need some comments and advise.

2028 comes with Ehiem Substrate MECH if I am not wrong, you can use that as the first layer for mechanical filtering. The rest is up to you.

[doubleace]

I said what I said because of this.

Biohome will not do any good at providing mechanical filtration.

But they are great for biological. In terms of surface area it provides vs the volume it takes up in your canister, I think it is one of the best choice.

Anyway, if it is an established tank, or if you're using starter bacteria, then getting the grey biohome would be sufficient, no need to spend more in getting the red ones.

Cheers

bossteck,
what is the purpose for the red ones?

2028 comes with Ehiem Substrate MECH if I am not wrong, you can use that as the first layer for mechanical filtering. The rest is up to you.

khtee,
yup there's Eheim Substrate MECH at the bottom tray and on top of the other 2 trays are Eheim Substrate Pro. The picture below are the 2 that my canister have now.

[bossteck]

The red ones are seeded with starter bacteria and will help bacteria to colonize faster.

[Jervis]

If you ask me... the Eheim original media is not that bad. If your canister is "upsize" for your tank... then perhaps changing the media is not really necessary (but a good to have, aka luxury).

[blue33]

The media that comes with it is already very good, dont need to change or add, save your $.

[doubleace]

Alright then i will stick to the default media first. But if my tank bioload is heavy then i biohome in good use or the default media can take it also?

[blue33]

You need to have balance media, doesnt mean all biohome you will get the best filter media, depending on the bioload and fish poo produce, you still need to clean filter depending on the usage, the bigger canister it has the better, follow by the media. Too much biohome in the canister the water surface area is lesser, it'll slow down the flow rate also, causing clogging and so on and your bb will not be healthy also. Is just like too much CO2 trap inside the canister it'll cause hypoxia and it'll soon kill the bb and algae starts to infest the whole tank and so on.

[doubleace]

icic... alright noted... i will just stick to default. Thanks to all bros that had contribute.

[Morgan01]

Yes good choice stick with default as they are already very good. Likewise I also have the same but eheim is my 2nd filter. 1st is a atman which I filled all 3 trays with biohome+wool filter.

[doubleace]

Yes good choice stick with default as they are already very good. Likewise I also have the same but eheim is my 2nd filter. 1st is a atman which I filled all 3 trays with biohome+wool filter.

icic... maybe can fill other filter without media that has biological and mechanical filtration to biohome.

[EvolutionZ]

IMO, moral of the story,
you want the best of your tank.
get biohome.
you are okay with the eheim filter medias,
don't really have to get biohome.

i personally think that with biohome, there will be alot more BBs which lightens the bioload by alot. having filter clogged up is another matter of using filter wools, biohome is just like a much better choice of filter media comparing to others.

my 2 cents.