Best Bio-Meida submerged or wet/dry

[Scottfree]

Just curious if anyone knows what would be the best bio media for being completley submerged (Power filter, canister filter)? What is the the most appropriate and what just doesn't work being submerged and would for wet/dry?

 

[Pete Lindgren]

i have always like the ceramic noodle type. when they get too grungy, they are easy to rinse clean.

 

[ogre929]

I used to use bioballs. But plastic wire screen material would work too except that it would gunk up quickly.

 

[Scottfree]

I guess more to the point of my question, do bio-balls support beneficial bacteria being totally submerged? What is the best bio material if it will be totally submerged? Gravel, something porous???

 

[vanilla__gorilla__]

I like matix

 

[HarleyK]

Howdy,

I use Eheim Substrat Pro
Surface area 450 sqm/litre (20,000 sqf/gal)

The best thing is: I heard about it at MFK

HarleyK

 

[cougar579]

Something very porous is good. If you have money to blow, go with the Eheim substrat, if you are on a budget get lava rock.

 

[zennzzo]

use copper pot scrubber....... lasts longer than plastic ones....

HUH??!!! that don't sound right...

 

[Star-Flog]

Just curious if anyone knows what would be the best bio media for being completley submerged (Power filter, canister filter)? What is the the most appropriate and what just doesn't work being submerged and would for wet/dry?

I have been using biohome media for more than a year old. This is the best media money can buy. Details, please refer to this link http://www.aqua-bio.com/en/biohome/index.html

 

[guppy]

I guess more to the point of my question, do bio-balls support beneficial bacteria being totally submerged? What is the best bio material if it will be totally submerged? Gravel, something porous???

All of them work to a varying extent, submerged and wet/dry. When building a pond filter where space is not a problem I trade efficiency for cost effectiveness, after all, when you have several cubic feet of media you can be a bit less effective per cubic inch if it is much cheaper (maybe $20 for 50g worth rather than $140 or more for bioball and a grand for matrix).