Can you submerge bio balls?

[Piscine]

Just rinse your matrix every so often and it will last forever.

 

[muffywrx]

sorry just going off of what I have read

 

[Piscine]

Sometimes, I have a weak spot in my small, cold heart for pretty women, so I'll let it slide this time. Next time though.....well, let's just hope there won't be a next time. lolol jkjk

 

[lipadj46]

Also if your matrix gets reaslly nasty you can refresh it with a bleach solution or boil it to clean. It is my suspicion though that surface area in bio media is blown out of proportion. Even if all the pores in your bio media gets clogged with crud, I'm betting the surface of the media alone is enough area with a mature beneficial bacteria colony.

 

[muffywrx]

Sometimes, I have a weak spot in my small, cold heart for pretty women, so I'll let it slide this time. Next time though.....well, let's just hope there won't be a next time. lolol jkjk

I learn fast.

 

[jcardona1]

Can you submerge bio balls? Yes

Will it grow bacteria? Yes

Will it provide enough surface area? Yes, it should

Are there more efficient ways of doing it? Definitely

Does it matter what I do if ammonia and nitrites are reading zero? Not really

 

[Piscine]

Is Jcardona a silly goose? Yes

 

[jcardona1]

Lava rock is cheap, but it is also heavy and loaded with iron. Not to mention that it is not truly porous - the gas bubbles form a closed-cell "sponge" rather than open-cell

Yeah, I wouldn't recommend using lava rock. Might as well use smooth cobble stones for your bio media. Lava rock really isn't that porous.

 

[jft]

I would submerge the bioballs w/o too much hesitation and rememeber Bacteria grow on any available surface like I posted earlier, That said Good Luck lots of opinions but ultimately it is what works for you. Best aquariumkeeping!

 

[inkslinger]

My Nu-Clear 547 filter BIO Balls is always submerge.