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Description
Biohome Ultimate is the most popular Biohome filter media. It's enormous surface area supports growth of both aerobic (nitrifying) and anaerobic bacteria (de-nitrifying), removing not only ammonia (NH3) and nitrites (NO2) but also nitrates (NO3). Biohome Ultimate contains trace elements, which helps speed up colonization of the media by beneficial bacteria. The trace elements are responsible for the reddish colour of the media.
Because the available surface area of Biohome is much larger than that of other media, using Biohome filter media in your filter will increase efficiency of your filter and will reduce the need for water changes. Please make sure to provide sufficient mechanical filtration to prevent Biohome media from clogging with debris.
This biological filter media is perfect for canister filters and power filters.
1kg of media is suggested for each 25 gallons of water to reduce nitrates to 5-10pmm in ordinary community tanks.
2kg of media per 25 gallons is recommended for heavily stocked aquariums with african cichlids or predators to see reduction in nitrates.
Biohome has a 42% porosity and a specific surface area of 7300 ft2 per kg.
1kg of Biohome has the volume of approximately 1.25L.
With this media, zero ammonia and nitrite reading can be expected in 3 to 4 weeks. Reduction of nitrates can be observed in 4 to 6 months.
Biohome is a sintered glass filter media made of heat treated silica sand. It can be used as a biological media in canister filters, power filters, internal filters and sumps. It has an enormous surface area, which allows it to house large amounts of beneficial bacteria in a very small space. The surface of the media gets colonized by two types of aerobic nitrifying bacteria - Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter. The first converts ammonia (NH3) into less toxic nitrites (NO2) and the latter consumes nitrites (NO2) and excretes nitrates (NO3). Biohome contains a protected labyrinth of tunnels that are occupied by anaerobic bacteria (denitrifying bacteria), which breaks down nitrates (NO3) into free nitrogen.
The filter media is shipped with complementary filter starter gel balls that are full of beneficial bacteria.
Reviews
By Willy from Quebec, Canada on July 23, 2016
I was watching many YouTube videos talking about this type of filter media before I decide to purchase it and was happy to find out Angelfins was distributing it in Canada. All the reviews were very positive about how absorbant it was and how the composition and structure maximize the surface for the bacterias to colonize the media. I started a new 3G tank (rescue tank) a week ago by using this type of media and adding the water from my cycled tank with a fish inside (quarantine ). So far no presence of amonia or nitrite in my daily test with the API kit.
I may be more expensive than the other ceramic media but it is totally worth it considering you will use them for many years.
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By Chris from British Columbia, Canada on October 13, 2017
Great media, extremely porous, perfect size for medium sized filters. Says it comes with starter gel balls, there is only 2 shipped with 1kg of the media. So not enough to do anything probably.
Response from Angelfins: Thank you very much for your feedback. The media comes with 2 large Filter Starter Balls, it might seem insufficient but each of the gel ball contains millions of beneficial bacteria. The manufacturer recommends to use 1 ball per 1kg of media. The amount you received with the media should be more than sufficient to successfully colonize the media.
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By Lisa from Ont, Canada on January 20, 2019
Was very pleased with biohome ultimate the service was Excellent The Shipping was Fast Will Not Hesitate To Order From AngelFins In The Future Happy Ressults
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By Klemmdog from Fort McMurray, Canada on August 10, 2016
This stuff is amazing, bacteria comes with it, the YouTube videos were right! fast shipping!
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By The Outdoor Canadian from Ontario, Canada on June 01, 2017
This is my go to media for everything now. I use it in my fish and shrimp tanks. Can be used in so many ways that there is no excuse not to use it. Worth the investment.
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