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ISTA Bio Sponge Mini Round
ISTA Bio Sponge Mini Round
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Mini size, 5.5cm diameter x 4.8cm long sponge great for nano aquaruiums.
The biochemical cotton filter takes the air pump as the power source, with high lifting power, no noise, and improves the dissolved oxygen in water. It combines the principles of mechanical filtration and biological filtration and uses multi-layered filtration to cultivate high-density digestive bacteria to achieve cleanliness and good water quality stability. It is suitable for all kinds of ornamental fish breeding, breeding and juvenile fish cultivation. Bio-sponge filter features silent operation, and has an excellent filtering effect while oxygenating the water. The special developed foam materials support the colonization of bacteria, allowing for mechanical filtration in addition to biological filtration, which will break down harmful waste, ammonia and nitrate material, resulting in a cleaner living environment for your fish, particular they are useful as a breeding filter or as secondary filter.
Features:
• Increase the amount of dissolved oxygen in the feeding water. Noise-free and electricity-saving.
• It can be combined with round barrels, plug-in and upper filtration for pre-fine filtration.
• Cylindrical filtration has no dead angle, which is very effective. It provides a large surface area for high-density nitrous bacteria.
• Prevent sucking in fry and small fish.
• Quality sponge foam assures greater working life and its porous foam tissue forms large and ideal Surface area for bacteria colonization.
• Supplying the water with much needed oxygen.
• It reduces noise from air pump and consumes the lowest wattage.
• Most fit to external or top filter as prefixed unit
Collapsible content
LIGHT
LOW: Place coral at the bottom of the tank. Depending on the type, coral may need to be placed off sand and therefore mounted on a ceramic disc of piece of rock.
MEDIUM: Place coral at mid-range of the tank. Best placed/glued on top of a rock scape at mid-range height.
HIGH: Place coral from mid range to just below water level. SPS coral are shallow growing so they require and are able to tolerate intense light.
FLOW
LOW: Most soft coral do well with a small, gentle pulse. There are certain corals that can even be placed in areas of indirect flow, meaning places aside a rock structure or set into a entrance to a cave style space.
MEDIUM: Many LPS types of coral prefer medium pulse current. Most Euphyllia or corals that have more tissue structure connected to their skeleton, don’t like to be in a high flow area like the direct flow of the wave pump.
HIGH: Similar to high light, SPS enjoy being in some heavy current. Most LPS and SPS that branch encrust or plate prefer high flow that simulates the top water waves.
SKILL
ENTRY: While some may say beginner level, "Entry" is a good term to be used when starting out in the world of corals and marine life. Prior to adding livestock, you want to ensure that your reef has the proper parameters including zero levels of ammonia and nitrite. Seeing traces of nitrate in your waters is a good sign - just keep them at a lower level of 2ppm to 10ppm. Maintaining correct temperature and salinity are a huge factor to stable parameters. Starting to monitor your PH, alkalinity, calcium and magnesium is a great habit to get into to keep a successful reef.
While some soft coral don’t require too much light, having a proper reef light that puts out the proper pars is very important. You'll also want to have a good amount of flow and protected rock areas, as placing corals in their happy spot is ideal for success.
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