Description

Bio-Plas Micro Filtration Media

Moving bed media has many advantages over traditional static bed filters including a huge surface area which is always exposed to maximum oxygen and food for the bacteria, self cleaning media as it tumbles, and protected surface area, enabling bacteria and higher organisms to dwell in their preferred location inside the media, exposed to oxygen and food, but safe from harmful cleaning practices.

Bio-Plas Micro moves within the filter and causes old dead bacteria on the outside of the structure to be displaced, leaving space for new younger heavier feeding bacteria to rapidly colonise.

Bio-Plas Micro is made from a naturally occurring clay. The mineral impregnated polymer produces a rough surface on the media. This textured surface has a microscopic honeycomb of peaks and craters that allow waste particles to collect, and nitrifying bacteria to form.

Maturing the Bio Plas Micro’s bio is important because a delicate Eco-system is naturally developing for the bacteria involved in the nitrification process. Bio-Plas Micro provides the maximum active surface area for the bacteria to colonise, more than other types of static media. It is this process which removes harmful ammonia and nitrite from the water.

Filter maintenance time can be reduced by using Bio-Plas Micro, designed to freely move in a filter, this movement causes the media to self clean as it turns unlike foam and static filter media that require removing and cleaning. This self cleaning process allows the filter to be effective without the disturbance caused by regular cleaning as it avoids the unnecessary loss of vital bacteria.

Bio-Plas Micro Key Features

• Class leading total surface area 435m2 per m3
• Microscopic organisms such as Rotifers and Vorticella spp. thrive in “quiet zones”
• Manufactured from a mineral impregnated polymer 
• Helps to remove ammonia and nitrate
• Designed for moving & static bed filters – helps increase filter efficiency
• Provides a large surface area for bacteria to colonise
• Injection Moulded to ensure a high quality is maintained
• Bio-Plas filtration media is made from 100% recycled plastic
• Dramatically increases the efficiency of filter systems

Bio-Plas Filter Medias are suitable for use in mechanical and biological filtration systems.

Diameter: 14mm

Total surface area: 435m2 per m3

Length:9mm

Colour: White

Buoyancy: Neutral

Material: Polypropylene

Pack size: Available in 5, 10 & 20 litre bags