Filter media
- 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
- Makes the water crystal-clear
- Removes brown discolourations by tannins reliably
- Can be regenerated uncountable times
- For Juwel Bioflow filters
- Original Juwel spare part
- Quick and easy replacement
- For various applications in the aquarium
- With practical zipper
- Ideal for filter media
- Fine mesh prevents particle loss
- High porosity biomedia for efficient biofiltration
- Both external and internal macroporous surface area
- Completely inert and will not breakdown
- Grain: approx. 10 mm
- Suitable for all Juwel filter systems
- Reduces actively nitrate
- Acts on a biological basis
- Promotes the vitality of living beings
- 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
- Efficient biological filtration
- Large surface area for nitrifying bacteria
- Also available as ready-to-use cartridge
- Original Fluval pre-filter material
- Extends maintenance intervals
- Suitable for all filters
- Suitable for fresh and salt water
- Pre filter foam for Oase BioMaster
- Various pore sizes available
- Various set sizes available
- Doesn't rot under water
- Filter sponge for Oase BioMaster
- Various pore sizes available
- Doesn't rot under water
- Provides bacteria with a large surface to grow on
- Filter material permanently absorbing silicate
- Prevents diatom algae growth
- Absorbs also phosphate
- For freshwater and saltwater
- Synthetic residue-free filter wool
- For freshwater and saltwater
- Washable
- Effective ammonia & nitrite reduction
- Natural filter material
- High bacterial colonisation rate
- Reusable and durable
- For loose filtermaterial
- Prevents contamination of the filter rotor
- For almost every filter with media basket
- Made of phenol-free sponges
- Mechanical filtration
- Impurities are filtered out
- Suitable for Maxikani and Ultramax
- Large surface area for filtering bacteria
- Excellent filtering performance
- For crystal-clear, healthy water
- With special 3-layer fleece for efficient filtration
- Ideal for Seachem Purigen
- Extremely durable under water, verrottet nicht
- Resistant against bleach
- With sealed seams
- Replacement filter sponge for the Hobby Bubble Air Filter
- Improves water quality in the aquarium
- Increases the efficiency of the filter system
- Spare part for the Dennerle Scapers Flow
- Original Dennerle product
- Quick and easy to exchange
- Contains 3 x 180 g
- Removes ammonia
- Suitable for most filters
- Only for freshwater aquaria
- Rich in humic substances
- Reduces pH-value
- Optimal for some tropical fish
- Original Fluval accessories
- Optimal fit for Edge 2.0 aquariums
- Mechanically filters even the finest dirt particles
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.