Sorry but this item has been temporarily suspended from sale as suppliers are having difficulty in obtaining stock from the US manufacturers (May 2009)
< >Due to its unique shape, the Lifegard Fluidized Bed Filter is an extremely efficient...high capacity “biological” filter. Aquatic organisms excrete toxic ammonia as a metabolic waste product...with additional ammonia produced as food and other organic matter breaks down and decomposes. This toxic ammonia (NH3) is converted to another toxic compound nitrite (NO2) by the Nitrosomonas species of bacteria. The nitrite is then converted to a relatively non toxic compound called nitrate (NO3) by the...
Biochip Supermedia Added to K1 fluid bed media has a surface area of 800sqm per cubic metre.Fluidized by air providing maximum effective removal of ammonia,nitrite.Use approx 30% of chamber capacity.
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