All the Biohome media can be bought here (I supply worldwide): http://www.filterpro.co.uk (also has links to other suppliers). This media combines the ultra porous structure of Biohome mini ultra with the added trace elements found in Biohome plus to create the Ultimate filter media.
With the available surface area supporting aerobic bacteria and the protected inner core supporting anaerobic bacteria, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate are processed effectively. Works well at high and low flow rates so forget about having to force the volume of your aquarium through the media 'x' amount of times per hour as you would with other types of filter media.
Perfect for both fresh water and marine systems, biohome filter media will replace any ceramic or plastic media in external canister, overhead, trickle, shower, hang on or sump filters.
The added trace elements and open pore structure in Biohome Ultimate offer the ultimate home for all beneficial bacteria, cutting the time taken to establish a strong fully functional bacterial colony a matter of 2-3 weeks and include the following: Silica, Titania, Alumina, Ferric Oxide, Lime, Magnesia, Potash, Soda, Phosphorus Pentoxide, Chromium Sesquioxide, Manganic Oxide, Zirconia, Hafnia, Zinc Oxide, Barium Oxide, Strontia, Stannic Oxide, Sulphur Trioxide. (from XRF analysis) CHECK THOSE NAMES AGAINST THIS INFORMATION SITE FOR BACTERIAL GROWTH AND NUTRITION: http://textbookofbacteriology.net/nutgro.html
Filter media does not get any better than this but for an extra quick set-up time each order taken from Ebay or through the website has free gel filter starter balls (5 per kg) to rapidly seed the filter with live bacteria. Forget about adding all sort of sachets and monthly chemical absorbers to your filter. Keep it simple and arrange the filter correctly with the best filter media available. Many of the filter products available are a waste of time and money and will simply mask the problems caused by an ineffective filter. See this video on setting up an external canister filter for directions on how to get the most out of your filter and have it working at maximum efficiency: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szrUlHTW5Zo Simply protect the media with good graded foams and fine particle matting / pad to remove suspended solids (which clog any filter media) and your media will give you years of service. The test in this video is to demonstrate how easily the water can find the inner structure of the media as you can say your media has the largest available area for bacteria but if the water can't get there what is the point?. It is not part of a full comparison between filter different medias. That will come in a future video. Thanks for watching and check out my other videos. Subscribe for more: http://www.youtube.com/pondguru
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Hello there, thanks for tuning in.
I'm particularly excited today because I've got a new filter media.
This one is something special.
Now before I show you what it is, I'll show you how it evolved.
This media here is called BioHome Ultra.
It's extremely porous media,
pretty big, suitable for sumps,
very big external filters, trickle towers, koi shower systems.
It provides an awesome amount of space.
Both externally and internally for bacterial colonization,
very receptive to bacteria but
when I first started selling this I thought it's
a little bit too big for a lot of the external
filters used in aquariums.
Therefore I asked the guy that makes this for me if it was possible to
make a media with this awesome porosity,
same sort of texture but smaller. He did just that and that
And that resulted in...
BioHome Mini Ultra, now this stuff is getting rave reviews,
just check the feedback on ebay.
It's truly excellent stuff, just sucks the water into it,
which I'll demonstrate now.
Here's some BioHome Mini Ultra, picked out the bag
at random, there you go, demonstrates just
how porous that is, actually the the level
of liquid in that cup has just about disappeared,
it's sucked it all up, it has sucked it up,
that's the bottom, I'm gonna have to refill it.
And that's, oh Christ it's all over my fingers,
but that is just ultra porous.
But it has the convenient size to fit in overhead filters,
small externals, small internals.
Basically any filter
which has space for filter media can use BioHome Mini Ultra.
And I'm talking about freshwater and marine.
I tend to forget about marine
because in my shop I only deal with freshwater fish and equipment.
But this stuff apparently, by the feedback,
it has all the benefits of live rock with none of the drawbacks.
Not being into marine fish, I don't know what the drawbacks
are with live rock, but apparently this has none of them.
Now I got to thinking,
is there a way to make this already awesome media even better?
Now the makers of Biohome do a very small media,
which is great for compact filters and overhead filters.
It's called Biohome Plus, which is like a little hard stick.
And it has added trace elements, so I asked if the BioHome Mini
Ultra could possibly have those trace elements put into it.
And after consultation with a chemist
and a few failed attempts, this is the result.
One thing we couldn't decide on is what to call it.
Whether to call it BioHome Mini Ultra Plus,
which is a bit of a mouthful, or BioHome Ultimate.
And because I don't think you can get
a better filter media we went with ultimate. It really is
the ultimate media. And here I'll demonstrate just how porous
this one is. And this will be an
interesting test.
I haven't done a capillary test like this on this new media.
I'm expecting it to
be as good as the BioHome Mini Ultra
but with the added trace elements I'm not sure it will be. So
anything near that and it'll be a good result.
Again just dipping the tip of it in. Oh yes.
I would say that's pretty porous, so that's porous,
it's got a massive surface area and it's got the trace elements,
it's just unbelievable, absolutely unbelievable,
and that's sucked a hell of a lot into there, that's hellish,
amazing, and now I'm going to have to wash my hands and the bench.
Now we'll compare it to probably the main competitor,
which is Seachem Matrix.
Right, here we've got some Seachem Matrix straight out of the tub.
I'm only gonna dip the very tip of the media in there
and see how quickly it sucks it up.
Gives some idea of how porous it is.
It's in there now.
Just dunk it
in, see
if that makes
a difference.
Yeah, I think it's going up, but not very quickly.
It's almost repelling the bloomin' dye, that.
Bear in mind that, as far as I know,
apart from the BioHome range, there's no other medias
that come with added trace elements.
And those trace elements have been carefully picked
because they are essential for bacterial colonization.
Yes, you do get them eventually in your filter,
but if you've already got them added in your media,
it cuts the already quick setup time with the BioHome media down
to just a matter of two or three weeks,
which is absolutely phenomenal.
I'm just so happy to have this media it's just
it's excellent really excellent and I've just
started selling this on eBay the links below
if you're watching this on YouTube and also
I've got it on our website as well
so it's more porous than the next best media it's
got the added trace elements it's got a convenient size
and the surface area
of this media is so phenomenally big
because it's made of a very very fine sand
Some people watching this are probably thinking,
this guy's just talking a load of balls.
And on the subject of balls, this media,
in fact all of the Bio-home media, is made up of tiny balls.
Tiny balls of silica sand.
That sand is mixed with a binding agent and,
in the case of this stuff, trace elements.
It's pushed through an extruder.
It's basically made into these little shapes.
Then it's heat treated in a kiln.
Everything sticks together, makes it a really hard media.
All these tiny little balls stuck together create
a ridiculously big available surface area.
It's not just a rock with tunnels in and various shapes,
it is a massive surface area.
Now if you've already got filter media
and you don't want to get rid of it,
anything from the BioHome range can be mixed
in with your existing filter, whether it's ceramic or plastic.
Actually if it's plastic you might as well just throw it away
because there's next to no surface area on plastic media.
Instead of upgrading your filter
and getting the same crappy old media in it, upgrade the filter media.
That is the best way to make the filter more efficient.
This is the best media
and it will make your filter as efficient as it possibly can be.
Bear in mind that when external filters come from manufacturers,
invariably they're set up wrong.
If you check the link in the video description,
I've done a video of how to set up an external filter.
It's pretty simple really.
You need three grades of foam, coarse,
medium and fine, followed by your media.
So the water goes through coarse, medium, fine, that strains out all
of the particles in the water, clean water, then passes to your media.
If you do it that way, it prevents
this or any other media getting blocked up and it increases its life.
This will last for years if you look after it,
i.e. if you protect it from sludge and muck.
Simply setting the foams up in your filter properly will protect it,
and you'll get years of use out of this.
If you're interested in buying this, click the link below.
I supply worldwide.
I think I've got it listed in 500 grams, which is 1.1 pounds.
A kilo which is 2.2 pounds, 3 kilos which is 6.6 pounds,
5 kilos which is 10.10 pounds
and 10 kilo amounts which is 22 pounds.
Anybody who's wondering what a kilo of media looks like,
because I'm aware that we really
only use kilos in Europe and also in Australia
and New Zealand, that is a kilo of media and
that takes up approximately 1.4 cubic litres of volume.
If you're unsure how much you need for your filter,
just send me the dimensions of the trays in your filter
and I can work it out for you, no problem.
One more thing that I really should mention,
and it's not specific to BioHome Media,
but it is specific to bacteria,
is these little fellas.
They are gel balls.
And these balls contain live bacteria.
I give these away with all of the media that I sell.
And it's pretty important because
Unlike liquid treatments, which could have been sitting
on the shelves for years in an anaerobic environment,
you don't know whether the stuff's dead or alive,
you're dumping it all in one go,
these dissolve over a period of one
to three weeks in your filter or in your tank,
or in a moving bed filter,
they're designed to move with your moving bed media.
They dissolve slowly so they release a measured dose of bacteria,
which is alive, into your filter.
That means that your filter gets set up very efficiently and naturally.
You're not just dumping a load of dead bacteria
into your tank from a liquid treatment.
These are awesome.
