Can you submerge bio balls?

[jcardona1]

The real question, and one that I wish could be answered easily, is how much surface area or bio media is need for XX number of fish, or gallons of water, or amount of food that is fed daily, etc etc.

 

[muffywrx]

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.

Good to know! Someone suggested it to me and now I know not to use

 

[Satanas90]

if you submerge bioballs can you add some bubble stones..would that help a little more???My set up im trying to do requires like 1/2 to 3/4 submerged bioballs...

 

[Spiritofthesoul]

Don't think so. The bubbles would raise to the surface long before oxygen gets a chance to diffuse into the water. Though agitating the surface helps.

 

[Satanas90]

Don't think so. The bubbles would raise to the surface long before oxygen gets a chance to diffuse into the water. Though agitating the surface helps.

oh ok Thanks....

 

[cichlid2006]

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

Completely agree. I use bio balls fully submerged and I have yet to encounter a problem. They work perfectly fine submerged even though some people will tell you different. As Jcardona states, as long as your nitrites and ammonia are at 0ppm then it really doesn't matter what you use.

 

[skjl47]

Hello; Many years ago I kept a layer of glass marbles in the bottom of a filter.