Bioballs are designed to be used in trickle filters.
Ceramic noodles in marine tank.
The biggest issue here is the use of the biomedia.
Terracotta is made with the same principal as ceramic.
While some ceramic rings come with their own filter media bag others come loose.
The sealent will be toxic to the fish.
These noodles provide a housing material for bacteria which form the major part of the biological filtration in your fish tank.
Aqua one bionood ceramic noodles are a biological filter media for use in aquarium filtration systems.
A sump is not truly a filter but it can be used to house the filtration systems including mechanical biological filtration media.
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.
Many filter kits already include ceramic rings in the box.
Please let me know what you think.
This tub comes with a pullstring bag to be used for keeping noodles together inside your filter.
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.
Anything that can take in water will deteriorate over time.
Ceramic noodles and other biomedia shouldn t break down.
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.
The only reason i would replace it is to switch over to seachem matrix.
Simply add them to your aquarium filter.
Would the copper kill the bacteria on the ceramic noodles that removes the nitrates from the water.