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Bio-balls vrs Springflo vrs Bio-fill
Bill,
I too have been committed to bio-balls, but they have always worked great, so I have never thought much about changing, until this year. A place on the internet that has it cheaper than anyone for a spool of the stuff and is right here in Oklahoma, has got Springflo and I have been toying with the idea of using it. My commitment to bio-balls still stands, but what I have thought of doing was putting the springflo in the bottom of the filter and the bio-balls on top of the springflo, this way I was still use the investment in bio-balls, but maybe get some more bioactivity with the Springflo. I can go with this setup because my filter acts like a wet/dry filter and the water trickles down through the medium. Tom L.L. Fish Head wrote in message . .. Plain Bill, Bio-Balls were touted as the thing to use several years ago and I purchased enough to fill a 100 gallon Rubbermaid stock tank bio-filter design. Now, I am resigned to use them forever. They ARE indestructible. The stock tank filter required a pre-filter in the pond, that was high maintenance and I switched to a rather exotic filter with 4 fifty-five gallon drums. I use these same bio-balls in the new filter system. The bio-balls act as a bed or platform for bio-action (I guess), although they never actually seem to have any type of appreciable bio-film on them. The bio-balls do serve to capture bio-matter and/or whatever micro-fine particulate matter that passes though the bio-ball. They will act as a mechanical filter, for what ever your pre-filter passes. They can clog and may require periodic cleaning. In a loose state they are trouble to handle and clean. A 1/2 cubic foot or 1 cubic foot mesh bag is ideal to contain and deploy the bio-balls. When I need to clean my clean my filter system, I fill a spare barrel with pond water and then shake or agitate the bags in the clean pond water. This dislodges any of the insoluble dirt or dust that has settled in the bio-ball crevises. THEN, I quickly throw the bags back into the pond, so they do not dry out and loose whatever bio-film that might be active. When the filter system is all cleaned and ready for return-to-service then I collect the bags and return them to their two fifty-five gallon barrels. I have a photo at my website of the four barrels at http://bmoke.freeyellow.com/cppg024.htm I would love to tinker with the spring-flo stuff, but the bio-balls work for me. Bill M. |
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Bio-balls vrs Springflo vrs Bio-fill
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 23:09:39 GMT, Fish Head wrote:
Good fortune provided me with the Jan Jordan link http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ and the plans for a four barrel filter system. With the luxury of this set-up, clear and healthy water is facilitated. Using the BZT aquaculture supplement seems to be keeping the filter free of clogging. Nitrites are fairly low. Always makes one feel good when one's work on a website helps someone in this hobby. Thanks. ) ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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