Can you use ceramic rings and bio balls?
Bio balls should only be used for biological filtration only. They simply exist to trap and remove waste. Ceramic rings will ultimately trap more bad stuff, but your bio balls will ultimately do a better job of denitrifying bacteria.
Are ceramic filter rings good?
Ceramic rings offer the perfect home for the beneficial bacteria in your aquarium. You see, beneficial bacteria need a surface to cling to. The more surface that is available, the more bacteria that your filter media can hold. Ceramic rings increase their surface area through tiny little pores.
Are bio balls worth it?
It actually serves a very important purpose. It increases the surface area of each bio ball. You see, bacteria likes to cling to the surface of objects. And, plastic bio balls have been designed to provide as much surface area as possible for the bacteria to cling to.
What do ceramic bio rings do?
Ceramic rings are biological media that provides a very large surface area for beneficial bacteria to grow and live. This bacteria on your ceramic rings is required to complete the Nitrogen Cycle in your tank, which converts harmful ammonia and nitrite in to the less harmful nitrate.
Do you need to clean bio balls?
If you periodically rinse them off and keep them clean, nitrate and bio-balls woes should decrease, as long as this is the sole source of the nitrate problem in the aquarium. Cleaning them requires only 30 minutes or less.
What is the best bio filter?
Seachem Matrix Bio Media **Top Pick** Fluval Biomax Bio Rings. Marineland Bio-Filter Balls. EHEIM Substrat Pro Biological Filter Media.
Do I need bio media in my filter?
Removes extra small particulate, even parasites and bacteria. Biological media is anything inert that provides housing for nitrifying bacteria that break down nitrogenous pollutants to a less toxic form. This is a media that should not be replaced unless it has become too clogged to function.
Do BioBalls cause nitrates?
Plastic Bio-Balls are considered “Nitrate Factories” because they do nothing to complete the final stage of the nitrogen cycle, converting nitrates to nitrogen gas. Ceramic bio filter media can take the process to this final step.
What are the best bio rings for aquarium?
The Best bio filter media
- Biohome Ultimate Filter Media.
- Seachem Matrix Bio Media.
- Fluval Biomax Bio Rings.
- Marineland Bio-Filter Balls.
- EHEIM Substrat Pro Biological Filter Media.