Your prefered bio media

[skiweeangel]

I have a marineland magnum pro canister filter with bio wheels on a 55gal tank and was toying with the idea of replacing half of the carbon it came with with some kind of bio media. I was looking into the fluval biomax media. It's just a ceramic cylinder.

1). Has anyone used this? What did you think?

2). Would you recommend something different instead.

 

[BillD]

There are all sorts of media you can use, including my fave, plastic pot scrubbers.

 

[skiweeangel]

There are all sorts of media you can use, including my fave, plastic pot scrubbers.

Pot scrubbers! Genius! Never thought of that.

 

[Vircomore]

I use the Fluval Biomax, but that's probably because it's a Fluval 205.

If you are replacing carbon - why not replace the whole thing? Carbon really isn't worth having in a functioning aquarium.

 

[HUKIT]

I use Biomax in all my canisters. Pot scrubbies don't have alot of surface area for use in canisters, they work well in large wet/dry applications but IMO not in canister filters.

 

[Bubble_B0y]

I use Seachem Matrix.
Its very popular around my town, and it has a large surface area to colonize good bactera!


Fluval Biomax is also good.
I used biomax before matrix was released.


Honestly, any material that has a large surface area will be effective as a biological media.
The sponges in an aquaclear filter are Great too!

 

[skiweeangel]

I use the Fluval Biomax, but that's probably because it's a Fluval 205.

If you are replacing carbon - why not replace the whole thing? Carbon really isn't worth having in a functioning aquarium.

I don't want to replace everything at once. And I'm not sure when I'll get to it.

I think either matrix or biomax will be the winner. Just comes down to what I can get my hands on.