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I meant benifictial bio mass in general because I was thinking pods and said bacteria hahaI can’t imagine filer socks can remove the BB. Pods though def get trapped in them.
Do you believe in the theory that running filter socks removes beneficial bacterial? To the extent that renders filtersocks or mechanical filtration alike counter intuitive? I’m just questioning some things I’ve read about the Triton method at some point when I get a larger tank I will run a similar if not the same method
Thank youLike skimming, mechanical filters will remove bacteria, especially if they are in larger globs or are bound to detritus. They are only really beneficial as a food source for filter feeders. They do not provide important amounts of nitrification or denitrification.
Thanks for the info as always!It binds organic matter. I generally don't know of downsides to removing organics except that organics will be lower, so may not be available as foods.
Expense relative to GAC ier perhaps a down side per unit of organic matter removed, but it may remove a slightly different subset of total organic compounds than does GAC, so using them at the same time is also OK.