Ceramic Rings Vs Live Rock

Lava rock is relatively inert and shouldn t mess with your chemistry.

Ceramic rings vs live rock.

When marine pure ceramic biomedia plates are substrated in the sump without water flowing through them wouldn t they just become. Denitrifying bacteria live deep inside rock ceramic and other porous materials where oxygen cannot reach them. Wc is a chemical compound specifically a carbide containing equal parts of tungsten and carbon atoms. Ceramic rings are changing the game.

This has been very effective for me in canister and wet dry systems in place of bio balls or ceramic bio media rock piles refugiums mud filters and other marine systems for both aerobic nitrifying and anaerobic de nitrifying bacterial functions. Unlike closed pore biomedia water can freely flow through the porous ceramic. The best way to use marinepure would be in a canister filter or contact chamber. You won t find this bacteria in plastic or foam filter media.

Bio balls and ceramic rings vs live rock in the sump. Tungsten carbide chemical formula. Cured live rock crumbles. Reef aquarists will appreciate the biological nitrate reducing properties that the media promotes.

Now you have even more choices and a wider variety to choose from. In its most basic form tungsten carbide is a fine gray powder but it can be pressed and formed into shapes through a process called sintering for use in industrial machinery cutting tools abrasives armor piercing shells and jewellery. Ceramic rings can hold a second beneficial bacteria. Yes i do agree that they do catch a lot of junk because stirring or moving them stir up a lot of green water.

In this video we teach you how to do it yourself diy and make your very own live rock for your reef. Everyone was used to shopping for the traditional metal choices. Generally i use live rock pieces about 3 4 cm in diameters. Ok everybody condemn bio balls and ceramic rings as detritus catchments tools and creating a nitrate factory.

The ceramic is inert and won t change ph or release anything into the aquarium water. You won t have to worry about it breaking or scratching. Possibly the best video now available for this subject. This week we are answering mack jones question from week 13.

This is a resilient material that is perfect for everything you do in your life.