In place of Bio balls?

[metallica101019]

some guy at a fish store told me you could use army man u know the ones you use to play with(or u still do! LOL) when you were a kid he said that works almost as good as the bio balls what do you people think? thanks for everyones responces!!

Phil

[JamesBenjamin]

Wow, it's a good thing there's no grammar police here.

[morleyz]

I've heard of many people using them. The goal of any of these materials is to have a maximum surface area to volume ratio. I'm sure bio-balls have a little more science behind them...but you can't beat the price of army men.

[metallica101019]

so it does work....Thanks for the quick responce!!

Phil

[heat]

Just a quick word of caution... you don't know where those army men have been nor what quality control during their making was used... anything could be in them or on them.

[Richer]

Anything inert and has surface area will work as biomedia. This includes, lego pieces, lava rock, army men, etc. etc. The only question is the amount of surface area. Do army men have more surface area than bioballs? I can't be certain, but for some reason I doubt it.

-Richer

[Tyler718]

I got a new Fluval for my 60 about 6 months ago. I used some of my kids army ment and they worked good. they are still in there actually.

[metallica101019]

Thanks for everyones HELP!

Phil

[Kit Walker]

If you want surface area I'm not sure if there's anything that can beat Seachem matrix. 1 litre of Matrix has the equivalent surface area of over 48 litres of bioballs. (1 litre filters 100G)

[Raithan Ellis]

Plastic drinking straws can be cut into short pieces and used as biomedia. Dosen't do very much for mechanical filtration, but has plenty surface area for biological.

Cheers,
Raithan O. Ellis