Applies easily to filter cartridge pads/media without running or getting messy.Contains naturally-occurring bio-polymers that help the organisms quickly attach to media allowing for 80% reduction in filter start-up time.
Use to inoculate your filter cartridges each time you remove or clean them to keep your bacteria bed fresh and active. Eliminates transient instability that can occur when filter media is cleaned or replaced
Use when starting a new tank. Helps to stabilize aquarium environment quickly upon start-up.
The Science of Aquarium Cleaning
When cartridges are cleaned or removed for replacement, bacteria living in the cartridge is damaged or discarded. This leaves the tank vulnerable to dangerous ammonia spikes. See: Understanding Aquarium Filtration
The suggested usage is 1 gallon of Bio-Pin Balls per 20 gallons for salt water or 35 gallons freshwater.
SMALL - Each Bio-Pin Ball has 110 Bio-Pins (drip points). There are 120 balls per gallon. One Cubic Foot of media has approximately 130 Square Feet of surface area.
LARGE - Each Bio-Pin Ball has 150 Bio-Pins (drip points). There are 74 balls per gallon. One Cu. Ft. of media has approximately 150 Sq. Ft. of surface area.
It's a design that delivers the best available technology in mechanical, chemical and biological filtration… and it's a design that is unmatched for capturing particulates.
When it's time to service your C-Series canister filter, all you do is push a lever, turn the key, and lift out the easy-access media trays.
When it's time to start your filter again, just press the "Quick-Prime" button to fill the canister with water for easy priming.
Wet/Dry Filters enhance biological filtration as well as mechanical filtration.The Aquaclear Wet/Dry Filtration Systems can reduce your maintenance time and do a much a better job than traditional filters.
Includes Pre-filter (overflow box), Protein Skimmer with pump, Bio-Balls, and all tubing. Bio balls need little maintenance and no replacement.
Includes Pre-filter (overflow box), Protein skimmer with pump, Bio-Balls, and all tubing. Bio balls need little maintenance and no replacement.
Includes Pre-filter (overflow box), Bio-Balls, Protein Skimmer with pump, and all tubing. Bio balls need little maintenance and no replacement.
A reef sump has important benefits to any aquarium.By using the sump to hold extra water, the volume of water in the system is increased. Evaporation from the tank itself is mitigated by the reserve in the sump, preventing the annoying need to constantly add water to the tank.
Additionally, larger water volume in saltwater systems makes the system more stable. The chemistry and temperature change on a day to day basis in a large volume of water is less by percentage than the same change to a smaller volume of water.
The sump is the ideal place to house equipment such as heaters, filters, skimmers, thermometers or any other equipment that detracts from the aesthetics of the tank.
The sump is an excellent place to add new water, medicate, adjust chemical balances etc. By using the water in the sump, the effect of changes to the chemistry is less dramatic on the delicate inhabitants of the tank (having been diluted by the sump water before it is introduced into the main tank)
Sizing: The size of your sump is generally dictated by the space into which you will fit it. If you are going to invest in a sump, make is as big as your can area can handle without inhibiting our ability to get equipment in and out of it without dismantling it - the bigger the better.What is the difference between a sump and a wet/dry filter? A wet/dry filter is actually just a sump with a chamber for bio-media (often bio balls) built into it.
A refugium is a miniature ecosystem attached to your main tank often housing isolated polulations of sensitive animals or plants. Much like a greenhouse on a space ship, a refugium will improve the quality of your saltwater system by addedg extra filtration, bionutrients and other food sources as well as giving refuge to sensitive species.
Refugiums can be used to keep the peace in your salt water tank: used as a refuge chamber for the more delicate species such as sea horses and peppermint shrimp (to name just two) who would otherwise become a food source for the other inhabitants of the tank. It can also provide a place to raise fry in a tank that shares the water with their birth tank
Refugiums can be used to supply live food and planktons to your aquarium. They are well suited to cultivate food sources such as algae and micro-fauna separate from the predation by herbivorous inhabitants of the main tank. Cultivating Caulerpa and other macroalgaes can help to consume ammonia/nitrates and phosphates that accumulate unhealthfully in your tank.
Refugiuims can help maintain pH levels.
It can be used for something as simple as just increasing your water volume.
Unique triple acting formula treats saltwater ich and other parasites and treats multiple stages. Can be used with most invertebrates with caution.
Works better than copper, yet leaves no residual metals or toxic byproducts.
Considerations for use: Notice: Use of RxP without a strong biological filter or without strong protein skimming will endanger invertebrates of all types and can even endanger fish! , (preferred biological method is a bio-ball type wet dry filter. (Weak methods include undergravel, Jaubert, and Berlin methods, the hobbyist is cautioned that these methods may not be strong enough to prevent difficulties). Protein skimmer must be adjusted daily for good foam production! High ammonia or nitrite levels and resulting stress may be experienced with weak biological methods. Product is necessarily strong because marine parasites are hardy, and caution by the user is absolutely required! Do not dose your tank and leave. You must observe the animals periodically during the day.
All Systems: RxP™ is not recommended for lionfish, stonefish or scorpion fish. Treated fish must be in a reasonably healthy condition for treatment to be effective and for recovery to occur.
Reefs: Product can be used with most invertebrates by experienced persons, with caution. Since marine parasites are invertebrates, treating them with this product will stress other invertebrates. Use with invertebrates carries a certain amount of risk. Animals most likely to have adverse reactions to the product are stony corals and colonial anemones (mushrooms), See label for details. Do not ever use with starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea apples, medusa worms, nudibranches or similar animals
Prolonged use, indiscriminate use, use on weakened inverts or use without proper skimming or strong biological filtration can cause damage or loss. For this reason, use with inverts is at the risk of the user.
Directions: Important: Adjust skimmer daily for good foam production! Remove carbon. Raise alkalinity to 8 dKH or higher with Superbuffer-dKH™. Shake well just prior to each use! Use at the rate of 2 teaspoons (10 ml or 2 capfuls from 8 or 16 oz. container) per 25 gallons (95 liters) of tank capacity every other day. Continue treatment for seven doses (13 days) minimum. See below for precautions. For maximum results, on off days, treat with Poly•Ox™, as directed. Use Kent Reef Carbon™ after completing treatment to remove product and perform a major water change (>20%). As a preventative measure, treat the system for 3 treatments when adding new fish. Important: In reefs, also use Coral-Vite™ and Tech•I™ together with a calcium supplement to strengthen corals! As a dip: Use one capful per gallon of saltwater. Leave fish for 15 minutes or less. Observe and remove fish if rapid breathing or other signs of stress occur.
