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Seachem Matrix Bio Media - 500ml


SKU: SEAMATX500
by SeaChem
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Original Price $9.99
Current Price $8.79 CAD
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Matrix™ is a high porosity biomedia that provides efficient biofiltration for the removal of nitrogenous waste. Matrix™ is a porous inorganic solid about 10 mm in diameter. Each liter of Matrix™ provides as much surface (>~700 m2) as 170 liters of plastic balls! Plastic bio-materials provide only external surface area, whereas Matrix™ provides both external and internal macroporous surface area. These macropores are ideally sized for the support of nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria. This allows Matrix™, unlike other forms of biomedia, to remove nitrate along with ammonia and nitrite, simultaneously and in the same filter.

Matrix™ is completely inert and will not breakdown. It need not be replaced. Since the majority of the bacteria are internal, Matrix™ may be rinsed when needed without damaging the filter. Matrix™ is compatible with all types of wet or wet-dry filters.

Directions:

Use 250 mL of Matrix™ for each 100 L (25 US gallons) of water. Matrix™ may be placed in any kind of filter, and is particularly effective in a canister filter. Matrix™ is sufficiently large that no filter bag should be required for most applications. Matrix™ works well in drip tray systems, but you may find that the larger Pond Matrix™ is better suited for such applications.Use with Stability® to more rapidly establish the bio-filter.

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Jenna Donaldson
Seachem Matrix Bio Media 500ml

I can't give this a full review yet but will come back in a few months if I can remember! I just added 500mL to my 25gal nano reef to see if I can get nitrate-reduction effect happening. The product (the little pebbles) fit really well into the caddies in the back chambers, and whatever I couldn't fit I have hanging in a mesh back in the return chamber. It's not messy, easy to rinse, and I see no negative effects from adding all 500mL at once. It will take a few more weeks or months in order to see any obvious outcomes! If anything I hope it increases bacterial stability and boosts biological filtration. Lower nitrates is bonus.