Ceramic Noodles Filtration

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Ceramic noodles filtration. And to be honest you could probably just use a bunch of garden cinder etc. Bioballs are designed to be used in trickle filters aka wet dry. Water from aquarium is pushed into the sump where it removes waste using mechanical filtration media toxic components are removed in biological chamber hence clean water flows back to the aquarium using gravity if it is an overhead sump filter. If you are using mechanical filtration coarse fine prior on the filter line ceramic rings will last years.

Bacteria are necessary in the filtration process and the ceramic noodles act as a mechanical biological filter. Many filter kits already include ceramic rings in the box. Thinking on it i don t know anyone in the hobby who even bothers. Ceramic noodles are highly porous and provide the ideal environment for beneficial bacteria to grow on.

No problems it s kinda hard to screw up ceramic noodles. Marineland ceramic filter rings 140 count supports biological aquarium filtration fits c series and magniflow 140 rings pa11484. A sump is not truly a filter but it can be used to house the filtration systems including mechanical biological filtration media. Simply add them to your aquarium filter.

Ceramic noodles bulk 10kg for sale. This tub comes with a pullstring bag to be used for keeping noodles together inside your filter. I can t answer your exact question. I have no experience restoring ceramic rings noodles.

Their use is mainly a carry over from f w hobby practice not from real need but from everyone puts a filter on a tank i alone have owned 200 canisters over the wal mart bearing years active aquarium nerd 1985 pre. If your filter didn t come with any ceramic rings or you want to purchase more grab some here or from your local fish store they are very affordable. Using ceramic rings couldn t be easier. Aqua one bionood ceramic noodles are a biological filter media for use in aquarium filtration systems.

While some ceramic rings come with their own filter media bag others come loose. These noodles provide a housing material for bacteria which form the major part of the biological filtration in your fish tank. And get the same effect. I still have some old fluval stuff from about twelve years ago that is still fine.

The only reason i would replace it is to switch over to seachem matrix.