And to be honest you could probably just use a bunch of garden cinder etc.
Ceramic noodles filtration.
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A sump is not truly a filter but it can be used to house the filtration systems including mechanical biological filtration media.
If you are using mechanical filtration coarse fine prior on the filter line ceramic rings will last years.
And get the same effect.
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.
Many filter kits already include ceramic rings in the box.
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.
Aqua one bionood ceramic noodles are a biological filter media for use in aquarium filtration systems.
Using ceramic rings couldn t be easier.
Ceramic noodles bulk 10kg for sale.
Bacteria are necessary in the filtration process and the ceramic noodles act as a mechanical biological filter.
No problems it s kinda hard to screw up ceramic noodles.
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.
While some ceramic rings come with their own filter media bag others come loose.
I still have some old fluval stuff from about twelve years ago that is still fine.
Bioballs are designed to be used in trickle filters aka wet dry.
Ceramic noodles are highly porous and provide the ideal environment for beneficial 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.
This tub comes with a pullstring bag to be used for keeping noodles together inside your filter.
The only reason i would replace it is to switch over to seachem matrix.
Ceramic noodles and other biomedia shouldn t break down.
I have no experience restoring ceramic rings noodles.
Marineland ceramic filter rings 140 count supports biological aquarium filtration fits c series and magniflow 140 rings pa11484.
Simply add them to your aquarium filter.
I can t answer your exact question.