K1 MEDIA – 1kg

K1 Moving Bed Technology

Moving bed media has many advangates 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 the world famous 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.

This allows the filter to reach optimum effectiveness without the disturbance of periodic cleaning, avoiding unnecessary loss of bacteria within the filter. 50 Litres of K1 media will handle up to 250 grams of food per day.

Advantages:

• Helps to remove Ammonia & Nitrate & can be used in all types of filters
• Long life
• High surface area to allow for more bacteria to colonise
• Perfect for use with moving bed filter systems
• Provides 500cm2 of Surface Area for every 1m3 of K1 media used
• Self cleaning