I still have some old fluval stuff from about twelve years ago that is still fine.
Ceramic noodles in marine tank.
Anything that can take in water will deteriorate over time.
Bioballs are designed to be used in trickle filters.
Terracotta is made with the same principal as ceramic.
The coating that is applied has to be baked in order for it to be aquarium safe unless it is specially manufactured for tank use.
While some ceramic rings come with their own filter media bag others come loose.
The only reason i would replace it is to switch over to seachem matrix.
The biggest issue here is the use of the biomedia.
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.
Ceramic noodles and other biomedia shouldn t break down.
Thank you for this article if running a saltwater fish only tank and copper will be used most of the time in the sump would you still recommend choosing the ceramic noodles over the bio balls.
Many filter kits already include ceramic rings in the box.
A sump is not truly a filter but it can be used to house the filtration systems including mechanical biological filtration media.
The sealent will be toxic to the fish.
Simply add them to your aquarium filter.
Aqua one bionood ceramic noodles are a biological filter media for use in aquarium filtration systems.
Using ceramic rings couldn t be easier.
Please let me know what you think.
This tub comes with a pullstring bag to be used for keeping noodles together inside your filter.