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Chris –
I’ve had this media running in 2 canister filters 406 and fx6 for the last +2 years now. Nitrates have been basically zero for a long time now. This media does such an awesome job at reducing nitrates in a fish aquarium that I think it might be negatively affecting my aquatic plant in one of the tanks. I never have to perform a water change to keep the water chemically safe, only to remove dissolved solids. Occasionally I go a few months between water changes with no water parameter or alge problems.
Don Chamberlain (verified owner) –
Chris,
Thanks for the comment. That’s great news.
You mentioned an effect on your plants. I’m not sure what you’ve observed. The Pond Guru commented: “DOES HAVING ZERO NITRATES AFFECT PLANT GROWTH?
No – It can actually promote plant growth as the nitrate is processed into soluble nitrogen by the anaerobic bacteria and is easily used by the plants.”
Manysanke, an advocate of Anoxic Filtration points out” “Plants “prefer” ammonia to nitrate
Plants need nitrogen in order to make amino acids which are then combined together to make their proteins. They can take up nitrogen either as nitrate (NO3) or ammonia (NH3).
However, using nitrate is more costly to the plant in terms of energy because nitrate has to be converted by the plant first into nitrite and then into ammonia. Only after nitrate has been converted into ammonia can it be incorporated into the plant amino acids.
On the other hand, once ammonia has been taken up by the roots it becomes immediately available to be incorporated into amino acids without the plant first having to expend energy as it does with nitrate. In fact nitrate uptake by plants requires so much energy that they can only do it while they are making energy by photosynthesis in the daytime.
However, taking up their preferred nutrient, ammonia, requires so little energy that they can continue to take it up through the night as well as during the day.”
Not sure of this info helps or just confuses things, but thought it might be worth sharing.
Happy Fish Keeping,
Don
jairo (verified owner) –
great media my tank hasn’t had any problems in the year since I added bio-home to it. thanks guys. gonna order more for my other tanks
Don Chamberlain (verified owner) –
Jairo,
Thanks for letting us know how it’s working for you. That’s great to hear. Good luck in 2018, and…
Happy Fish Keeping,
Don
tyrano020 (verified owner) –
I am very pleased with this product. I ordered 2kg for my 18x18x18 shrimp tank. I think I used about 1.7 kg of the media on my shrimp tank, and the rest in a tiny hob filter for my dad’s 3 gallon tank. But within a month of having this product running, my nitrates went from around 30ppm to around 5ppm! Just one month! I have never seen a media reduce nitrates. I will definitely be ordering more in the future for my other fish and turtle aquariums.
Don Chamberlain (verified owner) –
Trevor,
That’s great to hear. I’m very glad it worked so well for you, and so quickly. Thanks for the feedback, and…
Happy Fish Keeping,
Don
Scott Chester (verified owner) –
So, I received my order of BioHome yesterday and it came with the Bio Balls, i added just half of the Ultimate to my Cascade 1000 and sprinkled the Bio Balls into 2 different trays. The Cascade was already running on an established tank for months. My parameters were steady at 0-10 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite and 10ppm or less Nitrate, ph 7.5. My 25 – 50% water changes always include at least 50% of RO to try and keep the parameters consistent. This morning woke up to 2 deaths and watched 3 other cardinals die over the next 1 hr. I tested the params, everything the same except PH has plummeted to 6.6. Is it possible the “extra” bacteria caused this? I just did about a 50% water change and got the ph back to 7.5 but very concerned that drastic drop and recovery may have already done its damage.
Don Chamberlain (verified owner) –
Scott,
Very sorry to hear about that. Certainly a drastic pH change like that is not good. I’ve never heard of the bacteria changing the pH. Certainly the nitrogen cycle tends to decrease pH, but I’m amazed it accelerated it that much. I’m going to confer with my friends in the UK to see what they think.
ED MONTOYA (verified owner) –
I’ve purchased the first time 1 kg of the ultimate and 1 kg of the maxi biohome,, Don gave me two extra bags of bacteria Gell balls for free ,, he said merry Christmas ,, I ordered 6 kg of that bio home ultimate and Don said happy New Year’s not charge me for the two extra bags of bacteria gel balls again, was it just the holiday season or is Don just a sensationally fantastic person maybe A bit of both, I received it today mailing and I’m looking forward to the results in my eshopps 300 Wet dry 40 gallon sub and I also put some in my 2 Fluval Fx6,, for my 150 gallon African Cichlid tank with peacocks apps and Mbuna ‼️????? I highly recommend ordering from Don at great wave engineering for fantastic service with that great product ‼️?????
Don Chamberlain (verified owner) –
Ed,
Thanks for the kind words. I’m not that generous. I just forgot you wanted the Filter Starter Balls when I entered the order. I look forward to hearing how the media works in your tank.
Happy Fish Keeping,
Don