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Thread: Crystal Bio
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25-10-2021, 10:57 AM #1
Crystal Bio
What are your views on crystal bio as media for a shower? sure i read somewhere on here that it broke down and irritated the gills or am i getting confused with another product??
2200 gallons,infinity window,
Evolve 4k combi,spindrifter,
2x20k pumps, BD,Skimmer,
Shower, ASHP
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25-10-2021, 01:40 PM #2Freddyboy the legend
"we are water keepers first"
Johnathan
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25-10-2021, 02:25 PM #3
I have heard this too although not seen any signs of it myself and its what I have in my roto shower.
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25-10-2021, 03:07 PM #4
i'm all for realistically priced alternatives for filter media without 'koi tax'
and i know lots of people use pumice based media,
but i do have an issue with it...
i think the main problem with it is small size and irregular shape,
it would tightly fill the shower tier up great, but like any densly packed media form small voids that can easily trap dirt,
where as the manufactured media in long regular shaped pieces,
makes large gaps between them that allows water to flow over the surface and doesn't allow dirt to accumulate so easily.
and ideally you don't want to ever need to strip a shower or any bio media down for cleaning, as it damages the bio film.
there are plenty of other ceramic choices, from CSM, to bakki house copies, to Unicorn's teeth BHM....
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25-10-2021, 03:11 PM #5
Hi guys,
yes i thought i had read it on here but could not find the thread again, it looks like it is sold quite frequently so cannot be too bad, so Sam how old is your crystal bio? and your not seeing any sediment at the botttom of your roto shower? thanks Steve.2200 gallons,infinity window,
Evolve 4k combi,spindrifter,
2x20k pumps, BD,Skimmer,
Shower, ASHP
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25-10-2021, 03:20 PM #62200 gallons,infinity window,
Evolve 4k combi,spindrifter,
2x20k pumps, BD,Skimmer,
Shower, ASHP
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25-10-2021, 04:42 PM #7
I have no issues, have it in the rotoshower, and was very quickly colonised with bacteria, allowing me to grossly overstock, no issues since and perfect water clarity. Crysal bio isnt the one that breaks down as far as i know, that was another type of media but I cant remember which one.
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25-10-2021, 05:24 PM #8
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26-10-2021, 06:44 PM #9
thanks guys...
2200 gallons,infinity window,
Evolve 4k combi,spindrifter,
2x20k pumps, BD,Skimmer,
Shower, ASHP
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30-10-2021, 02:35 PM #10
To a certain extent, softer media (not soft as such, but softer than relatively hard ceramic medias like BHM) may break down more if you're the kind of shower user who likes to hammer the shower with a serious torrent of water, either for the purposes of high pond turnover or in order to increase gaseous exchange.
Pumice and sintered glass type medias are known to be less robust than ceramics like BHM, so when building a shower after seeing torrents of water hammering over BHM in youtube videos, it's worth bearing in mind that it may be wise to not go crazy with the water flow if you're not using BHM.
There was a long old thread about shower ceramics etc. a few years ago, on this forum:
https://www.koiforum.uk/koi-carp-cha...k1-shower.html
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30-10-2021, 09:00 PM #112200 gallons,infinity window,
Evolve 4k combi,spindrifter,
2x20k pumps, BD,Skimmer,
Shower, ASHP
Every day feeding container?
Good shout, I'll have a look at Takazumi :)