Anyone use Biohome?

[BullyBee]

Just wondering if anyone used Biohome bio media?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I've not seen it mentioned much.

What do you want to accomplish?

 

[BullyBee]

I've not seen it mentioned much.

What do you want to accomplish?

oh just bio media. I’m gonna flip a coin...heads for Seachem and tails for Marine Pure.

 

[ScubaFish802]

oh just bio media. I’m gonna flip a coin...heads for Seachem and tails for Marine Pure.

+2 for Marine Pure

 

[GlassMunky]

Just heard about siporax biomedia from sera. It’s sintered glass so it’s chemically inert and cant leach anything, whereas people constantly complain about aluminum from marine pure blocks leaching over time as reported by ICP

 

[BullyBee]

Just heard about siporax biomedia from sera. It’s sintered glass so it’s chemically inert and cant leach anything, whereas people constantly complain about aluminum from marine pure blocks leaching over time as reported by ICP

sera...dont they make pond stuff?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

But why either one? Reef tanks do fine without biomedia.

 

[flampton]

I vote for Pond Matrix by water garden oasis (sea chem)

But why either one? Reef tanks do fine without biomedia.

I use it because of wanting less live rock in display. Also offers portability for other uses as well

OP, why do you want to run it?

 

[BullyBee]

I vote for Pond Matrix by water garden oasis (sea chem)



I use it because of wanting less live rock in display. Also offers portability for other uses as well

OP, why do you want to run it?

because I need bio media for a brackish tank

 

[GlassMunky]

sera...dont they make pond stuff?

Yea a lot of freshwater stuff.
but biomedia is biomedia. No difference if it’s made for fresh or salt

 

[MrSalty]

FWIW I'm using the Biohome Ultimate Marine. Switched from Seachem matrix. Biohome is sintered glass. It looks like dried clay but when you are moving it around you can tell it's glass by the sound. They claim it can reduce nitrates. I'm trying to determine if anyone has seen evidence of that.

 

[Hot2na]

supposedly the ultimate marine version adds trace elements to your tank...woo hoo

 

[AdamD76]

I'm using 5lbs of Biohome Ultimate Marine and have seen nothing change in my tank. everything i test for is the same. I only added it after doing a rip clean on the tank and removing all the sand.

 

[Tim'sReef]

I'm too using the ultimate marine variant, but only started to cycle the tank so no real advice here. I used it cause my instructions told me to put in some extra filter media if I didn't use real life rock and heard good things about Biohome.

 

[Hot2na]

I'm using 5lbs of Biohome Ultimate Marine and have seen nothing change in my tank. everything i test for is the same. I only added it after doing a rip clean on the tank and removing all the sand.

any pics of the tank ? how bout nitrate levels ?

 

[rwreef]

+1 for using ultimate marine biohome. I use it and like it. Just more surface area. Not sure I've noticed any trace element changes...but I also don't test for them. I've used biohome in FW tanks also. Overall a good bio media, dense and doesn't crumble ime.

 

[AdamD76]

any pics of the tank ? how bout nitrate levels ?

before after
The first picture is from several years ago. I then had an extinction level event where my PH and alk had a huge swing and a brook outbreak. I lost several fish and about half my corals. I then did a ripclean and the second picture is right after that, about a year ago. Nitrate levels are 6-7 ppm.

 

[Hot2na]

were you using the biohome in the 1st pic . Adamd76?

 

[Montiman]

But why either one? Reef tanks do fine without biomedia.

I generally agree with this about 99% of the time.

The first experience that made me think otherwise was running frag tanks at the LFS with no rock and sand. I had weird bacterial blooms all of the time until it hit me that there was no surface area. After adding some ceramic media they finally calmed down. I think in tanks with live rock and sand there is just simply no need for biomedia however with more and more people going bare bottom and using non porous mined rock I understand why some see bio media as helpful.

 

[AdamD76]

were you using the biohome in the 1st pic . Adamd76?

no i was not. I had a lot of rocks and shells in the sump.