Bio balls and ceramic noodles vs live rock hi everyone im new to the reef tank and marine tanks in general.
Ceramic noodles in reef tank.
Ceramic noodles are highly porous and provide the ideal environment for beneficial bacteria to grow on.
You can use more than one type of media in your filter.
Ceramic noodles can carry both nitrifying bacteria on the surface and denitrifying bacteria inside.
Bioballs vs ceramic noodles my fish store has been encouraging me to replace the bioballs with ceramic noodles.
Bacteria are necessary in the filtration process and the ceramic noodles act as a mechanical biological filter.
This tub comes with a pullstring bag to be used for keeping noodles together inside your filter.
I can t see where it makes much difference which is in there as long as there is something for the bacteria to grow on.
These noodles provide a housing material for bacteria which form the major part of the biological filtration in your fish tank.
Description aqua one bionood ceramic noodles are a biological filter media for use in aquarium filtration systems.
I went to the local marine shop this weekend and.
I have a 250 litre tank with 50l sump.
Ceramic holds tons of bacteria.