Any disadvantage to red lava rock in the filter?

[thorazine shuffle]

Canister or wet/dry?

The stuff is cheap as hell. I can get the bed of my truck filled for the
price a small bag of 'bio-media' at Petco.

I mean, look at the freakin' spendy sintered glass pellets from Eheim. Yeah,
they are porous as hell, but the pores are freaking tiny.
The slime coat of good bacteria covers just them (the pores).

Bio-balls are just plastic doodads that work, and prove that the spendy
sintered glass pellets are a ripoff.

Lava rock is ever so much cheaper than bio-balls, and infinitely more porous
to boot. And the pores are big enough to actually be useful..


If there is an error in my thinking, please let me know.

[Zebulon]

"thorazine shuffle" > wrote in message
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> Canister or wet/dry?
>
> The stuff is cheap as hell. I can get the bed of my truck filled for the
> price a small bag of 'bio-media' at Petco.
>
> I mean, look at the freakin' spendy sintered glass pellets from Eheim.
> Yeah, they are porous as hell, but the pores are freaking tiny.
> The slime coat of good bacteria covers just them (the pores).
>
> Bio-balls are just plastic doodads that work, and prove that the spendy
> sintered glass pellets are a ripoff.
>
> Lava rock is ever so much cheaper than bio-balls, and infinitely more
> porous to boot. And the pores are big enough to actually be useful..
>
>
> If there is an error in my thinking, please let me know.
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My larger indoor Aquaclear filters came with the bags of biommax beads. I
use the cheap red lavarock in the larger home made outdoor filters. They
work great. It seems almost everything made for the aquarium trade is
obscenely overpriced.
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ZB....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
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[Tristan]

Then ****ing go get the lava rock Ed

Your about as stupid as your hero CArol is! We all know the two of yo
assholes are cheapasses and your too cheap to spend 10 cents on a
bullet to allow you to ride the one way bus!


On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 05:34:45 GMT, "thorazine shuffle"
> wrote:

<<>>Canister or wet/dry?
<<>>
<<>>The stuff is cheap as hell. I can get the bed of my truck filled for the
<<>>price a small bag of 'bio-media' at Petco.
<<>>
<<>>I mean, look at the freakin' spendy sintered glass pellets from Eheim. Yeah,
<<>>they are porous as hell, but the pores are freaking tiny.
<<>>The slime coat of good bacteria covers just them (the pores).
<<>>
<<>>Bio-balls are just plastic doodads that work, and prove that the spendy
<<>>sintered glass pellets are a ripoff.
<<>>
<<>>Lava rock is ever so much cheaper than bio-balls, and infinitely more porous
<<>>to boot. And the pores are big enough to actually be useful..
<<>>
<<>>
<<>>If there is an error in my thinking, please let me know.
<<>>
<<>>
<<>>
<<>>
<<>>
<<>>
<<>>



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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

[thorazine shuffle]

"Tristan" > wrote in message
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>
>
> Then ****ing go get the lava rock Ed
>
> Your about as stupid as your hero CArol is! We all know the two of yo
> assholes are cheapasses and your too cheap to spend 10 cents on a
> bullet to allow you to ride the one way bus!
>
>
> snip

I hate it that I need to killfile folks in a group like this.