One of the most important parts of maintaining a healthy and beautiful tank is to have the best water quality. This is achieved through the right combination of filtration.
Filter media like Matrix™ is a highly porous bio-media that aides in a great bio-filtration, which helps to remove nitrogenous waste.
Matrix™ is a porous inorganic solid about 10mm in diameter. Each litre of Matrix™ provides as much surface (>~700 m2) as 170 litres of plastic balls! Plastic bio-materials provide only external surface area, whereas Matrix™ provides both external and internal macroporous surface area.
These macro-pores are ideally sized for the support of nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria. This allows Matrix™, unlike other forms of bio-media, 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.