Ceramic Sponge Filter

The package contains a bag of ceramic media balls one double sponge filter that comes with two containers and a total of two spare sponges.

Ceramic sponge filter. Mechanical media is intended to remove larger particles from the water thus eliminating clogging in other areas of the filter. This has lead many aquarists to fear that changing the aquarium filter will lead to a biological crash because filter changes throw away all of the good bacteria. It is worth mentioning that this device must be utilized with an air hose that comes with a standard size of 4mm and a powerful air pump to ensure maximum performance. In order to create a honeycomb or cellular structure a plastic forming method called extrusion is used where a mixture of ceramic powder plus additives is forced through a shaped die like play dough.

Easy step by step instructions for installing a sponge filter plus 3 bonus tips that ll make your sponge filter run as smoothly and quietly as possible. A similar myth is that the majority of the tank s beneficial bacteria population live in the activated carbon filter sponge floss and other filter media. The polymeric sponge method produces open cell structures by impregnating a polymeric sponge with a ceramic slurry which is then burned out to leave a porous ceramic. Nano tanks tanks housing betta and shrimp tanks are good examples of places where a sponge filter works as a primary filter.

All water should come in contact with this mesh part of the filter before it reaches any biological or chemical filter media. Special ceramic bio filter media upettools aquarium sponge filters compatible with one container with ceramic bio filter media inside which help to remove harmful substance and increase oxygen level in. The aquarium filter working isn t something that is really visible. I also have a cascade pennplex 300 canister filter and that one i stuffed with sponge in the bottom followed by some ceramic bio media then a thin layer of padding i ripped apart from an unused aqueon cartridge then a little more sponge ceramic and last a tiny layer a foam from the cartridge since the water flows through in the bottom and just up the filter.

As a primary filter sponge filters are somewhat lacking. Filter parts are detachable easy to install image 5 show the steps. About 2 of these are other filter supplies 1 are filter cloth. Removable sponges you can take down the sponge from the filter easily to clean or replace it.

For secondary filtration they re an excellent option and a clever setup can serve a lightly stocked tank up to 60 gallons as a primary filter. 2 filter media containers can put other kind of. With 2 strong suction cups to keep the filter stay in place. Other features of this sponge filters.