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[Chicago Discus]

Where do you buy the K1 media? It seems as though it was engineered for municipal waste management.

I sell the K1 media

[BobDaniel]

The music adds a nice touch. Thanks for the video Josie!

That music put me in the mood for the beach! I enjoyed it!

[MKD]

You re so quick Josie. I was.asking yesterday and here we go video. Superwoman!!!
Thank you for video, I'll make one for my frys.

[Skip]

sweet set up!

[Poco]

Thanks for posting Josie! I will try it out.

[Larry Bugg]

So my question is.............if we use this then why keep a sponge in the tank also. Like you I do daily water changes in my grow out tanks so I think I would rather have one of these than the sponge that has to be periodically cleaned. Sponges can get pretty dirty and slimy very quickly in a heavily stocked grow out tank. The sponge is also a collection point on the floor of the tank for gunk and it is a pita to clean around. Thinking out loud but I like it on the tank wall and not having to clean. How much K1 did you use. Was that about a cup. How many can I make using the gallon size you sell?

[DiscusDrew]

Agreed, I'd be interested to do an experiment with just this as media. After all that is the only reason most of us use sponge filters, simply for bio media, we don't generally care about the other forms of filtration. I could see this being especially advantageous in fry tanks actually, since that seems to be where my sponges get the worst, with all the BBS floating around. I really like the idea despite the time it takes to seed.

For everyone that didn't see, Josie is offering this stuff at an INCREDIBLE price. K1 media goes for over a hundred dollars a gallon on the regular market. So thank you Josie for offering such a great deal. I sent you a pm about my potential order.

[cooksa]

Sure wish I could see it on my Galaxy tab... I''ll have to fire up old Bertha.

[DiscusDrew]

And Larry she used two cups in the video

[Chicago Discus]

So my question is.............if we use this then why keep a sponge in the tank also. Like you I do daily water changes in my grow out tanks so I think I would rather have one of these than the sponge that has to be periodically cleaned. Sponges can get pretty dirty and slimy very quickly in a heavily stocked grow out tank. The sponge is also a collection point on the floor of the tank for gunk and it is a pita to clean around. Thinking out loud but I like it on the tank wall and not having to clean. How much K1 did you use. Was that about a cup. How many can I make using the gallon size you sell?

Thanks Larry
You can make eight of them its two cups per liter an half. And you can just use the moving bed bottles and get rid of the sponges but you need to wait until the K1 is seeded......josie

[DLock3d]

So my question is.............if we use this then why keep a sponge in the tank also. Like you I do daily water changes in my grow out tanks so I think I would rather have one of these than the sponge that has to be periodically cleaned. Sponges can get pretty dirty and slimy very quickly in a heavily stocked grow out tank. The sponge is also a collection point on the floor of the tank for gunk and it is a pita to clean around. Thinking out loud but I like it on the tank wall and not having to clean. How much K1 did you use. Was that about a cup. How many can I make using the gallon size you sell?

That's exactly what I asked in the other thread that Josie apparently didn't see! I may be ready to get rid of my sponges if I can get some of thes operational.

[joshvito]

I always thought the sponge filter was great for providing micro-fauna as a first food for fry. I suppose you would lose this, as the K1 is encased in a plastic container.

Do BBS get caught in the fluid bed filter?

[Chicago Discus]

I always thought the sponge filter was great for providing micro-fauna as a first food for fry. I suppose you would lose this, as the K1 is encased in a plastic container.

Do BBS get caught in the fluid bed filter?

They probably would but they stick on everything...LOL..Josie

[Inland Empire Discus]

Agreed, I'd be interested to do an experiment with just this as media. After all that is the only reason most of us use sponge filters, simply for bio media, we don't generally care about the other forms of filtration. I could see this being especially advantageous in fry tanks actually, since that seems to be where my sponges get the worst, with all the BBS floating around. I really like the idea despite the time it takes to seed.

Drew,

You can speed up the seeding of the filters by quite a bit by adding pure pond or pure aquarium to the filters. I personally add fish the same day as I seed the filters. This stuff is awesome media.

[zimmjeff]

I thought that I was watching a different video