Filter media
- Makes the water crystal-clear
- Removes brown discolourations by tannins reliably
- Can be regenerated uncountable times
- Suitable for all Juwel filters
- Mechanical pre-filter
- Ensures a longer running time
- Made of residue-free polyester material
- Suitable for fresh and salt water
- High porosity biomedia for efficient biofiltration
- Both external and internal macroporous surface area
- Completely inert and will not breakdown
- Grain: approx. 10 mm
- Pre filter foam for Oase BioMaster
- Various pore sizes available
- Various set sizes available
- Doesn't rot under water
- Efficient biological filtration
- Large surface area for nitrifying bacteria
- Also available as ready-to-use cartridge
- Synthetic residue-free filter wool
- For freshwater and saltwater
- Washable
- Space-saving filter media
- Removes and stops algae growth
- Harmless for aquarium inhabitants
- For clarity and transparency of water
- Suitable for all Juwel filter systems
- Reduces actively nitrate
- Acts on a biological basis
- Promotes the vitality of living beings
- For Juwel Bioflow filters
- Original Juwel spare part
- Quick and easy replacement
- Set with pre-filter pads and fine filter foam
- Fresh- and saltwater-neutral - releases no harmful substances
- 2 pre-filter T-profile pads (15 ppi)
- 1 fine-pored foam pad (35 ppi)
- Fine, white filter wadding
- Fully synthetic fibres
- Available in 3 sizes
- Suitable for fresh and salt water
- For all common Juwel filters
- Absorbs odours and turbidity
- Absorbs toxic compounds
- Filters out medication residues
- Suitable for fresh and salt water
- For Juwel Bioflow filters
- Original Juwel spare part
- Quick and easy replacement
- Innovative combination of aluminum oxide and granular ferric oxide
- Removes phosphate quick and reliably
- Not chemically coated or treated
- Does not need to be replaced
- Can be cut to size
- Twice to three times the service life of customary wool
- No matting
- Suitable for all types of filter
- Original Fluval accessories for Flex/Evo/SPEC aquaria
- Biological filtration
- Easy to replace
- Porous material traps large and small dirt particles
- Good colonisation conditions for bacteria cultures
- Optimised bio-filter medium made from sintered glass
- High bulk density due to spherical shape
- Very dense colonisation of bacteria
- Reusable
- Operates exclusively through nitrate-eliminating bacteria
- Without the use of chemical additives or exchange products
- Bacteria need no extra feeding
- Use in saltwater in combination with the active carbon
- Ideal for Seachem Purigen
- Extremely durable under water, verrottet nicht
- Resistant against bleach
- With sealed seams
- Original spare part from Oase
- For CrystalSkim skimmers
- High-quality parts
- Optimal fit
- Designed for Fluval 07 filters
- Reduces microparticles
- Compatible with Fluval 06 filters
- Binds chlorine and other chemical substances
- Use during set-up or after treatment with medications
- Use for a short period (ca. 4 weeks)
- Bio-filter foam pads for the middle basket of the JBL CP e-range
- Pore width specially designed for bio-filtering (bacterial colonization)
- Round middle section can be replaced with special filter mediavRound middle section can be replaced with special filter media
- Contains 2 pads with 20 ppi pore width
Filter media for your aquarium
In an aquarium, the filter has the important task of clarifying the water, reducing pollutants and supporting the ecosystem. For this purpose, various filter materials and filter types are used in aquaristics. The type of filter (internal filter, external filter, backpack filter) is rather unimportant since all filter media can be used in the different filter models. Basically, a distinction is made here between biological, mechanical and chemical filter media, which are available in our online shop from various renowned manufacturers.
Mechanical filter media are used to filter the smallest and slightly coarser dirt particles and suspended matter out of the water. The so-called prefilters are in principle mechanical filters and usually consist of filter sponge, filter foam, filter cotton, filter fleece or ceramic tubes. Especially fine meshed media like cotton or fleece are very efficient in the trapping of supended matter, but they'll also clog up rather quickly. They should therefore be cleaned and/or replaced regularly.
Biological filter media are materials that primarily provide a lot of surface area for sessile bacteria that degrade pollutants from the water as part of the nitrogen cycle. These materials are vital for a smoothly running ecosystem inside the aquarium. As a rule, they are very porous and often made of ceramics or sintered glass. Their porosity increases the surface of the filter medium and provides for a sufficient oxygen supply. Examples include the products Seachem Matrix, JBL Micromec or the Hel-X 13 BioMedium from Oase. Especially in aquariums with breeding ambitions and a dense population of fish, a sufficiently strong biological feeding is essential.
Chemical filter materials are filter media that actively alter the water values. These are often functioning as adsorber substances that are targeted to remove or bind certain elements dissolved in the aquarium water. Typical examples would be activated carbon, phosphate adsorber and nitrate remover.
Especially in aquascaping, the product Seachem Purigen is often used, which ensures crystal clear water and removes organic compounds. You want to learn more about filtration in planted aquariums in particular? Then we recommend reading this handy article in our Aquascaping Wiki.