Genesis Rock Booster – a New Biomedia from Polyp Lab

Genesis Rock and Genesis Rock Booster is a new option for adding a massive amount of surface area for bacterial colonization without taking up too much space in your aquarium system. The very swanky packaging for the Genesis Rock contains…

BioLux, a New Ceramic Biomedia from Eshopps

BioLux from Eshopps is a new biomedia for all aquariums with a unique shape and structure. The combination of square and spiral structure allows BioLux to be easily placed in all kinds of tanks, filters and sumps while the spiral…

Maxspect Nano-Tech Bio-Spheres

Nano-Tech Bio-Spheres are a new form of biological media from an unlikely player, Maxspect. Better known for their lights and water pumps, Maxspect’s new NanoTech BioSpheres is billed as an ultra-high surface area media which cuts down on the volume…

Xport BioPlate from Brightwell Aquatics is all the biomedia you need

Xport Bioplate is a new biomedia product from Brightwell Aquatics which can satisfy the most demanding needs for biological filtration. We’ve seen this form of molded biomedia products for years but Brightwell has actually been perfecting the ‘recipe’ for this…

Does the surface area of live rock really matter?

The reef aquarium hobby is a past time of expendable income and mental bandwidth;  this explains why even though the focus is supposed to be about reef life like corals, fish and inverts, we get sucked into long esoterical discussions…

Aquavital Polyfil is an interesting biomedia from Aquarium Münster

Aquavital Polyfil is an interesting and promising biomedia made by Germany’s Aquarium Münster. We’ve seen quite an array of biomedia on the market — from bio balls, to ceramic media, to strips of plastic, to hair curlers, army men or scrubbing…

Bacteria King from Reef Systems is an interesting naturally porous biomedia

Bacteria King from Reef Systems is a porous biomedia that might be able to double up as a calcium reactor media. Made from accretions of worm tubes and other calcium secreting organisms, the large pellets of Bacteria King are about…