Let us now draw a basic comparison of the two by learning how they are similar and what the differences are.
Bio balls vs ceramic rings.
The prupose of your filter media is to house billions of beneficial bacteria and other microorganisms that keep your pond alive crystal clear and algae free.
Flexion s aquarium canister filter media is a black and white mix of bio ball ceramic rings activated carbon and textures spheres that come housed in a nylon mesh bag.
Bio balls and ceramic rings are biological filter media.
This i have found works really.
March 5 2020 at 4 52 am.
Lava rocks lava rock the igneous rock that forms as.
My 4 tray canister filters both on the same tank tray 1 course blue filter material tray 2 pillow floss from soptlight tray 3 bio balls and plastic pot scrubbers tray 4 purigen and ceramic rings.
Hi daniel if your bioballs don t move around then it makes little difference the order you put these two biomedia in.
With an assortment of filter media out there in the pond world from filter pads to bio ribbon to lava rocks to bio balls.
What they share in common.
It can be used with freshwater saltwater and reef tanks.
Does beneficial bacteria really.
This three in one kit is designed to maximize the surface area of your filtration system.
Are ceramic bio rings better or are the plastic balls better.
Does it really matter.
My question is do i put bio balls first then ceramic rings as water passing over bio balls will keep them moving or simply keep it as it is.
Bio balls vs ceramic rings.
Both of these filter media has been created to function differently and both of them are effective.
I m going to buy a canister filter tomorrow morning and it comes with the bio balls but if the ceramic rings are better i will buy those to replace the balls.
As the name suggests bio balls are round pieces of plastic.
Can they go in the bottle with out a bag.
Is there really a difference.
There s very expensive bio media and there s very inexpensive bio media.
Bio ball and ceramic ring is common acoriam filter media.
Ceramic rings do have the best surface area when you first get them but as soon as the filter is turned on the micro pores get clogged with mulm and other dertus.