I am getting ready to build a wet dry for my ghetto pond and thought about using Hydroton as my bio media. Its cheap, light weight very pores and ph neutral so looks like a winner to me. Any of the experts want chime in?
Hydroton Clay pellets as Wet Dry Biomedia
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you probably could but you have to wash it thoroughly first or your water will turn brown. And you might also need to weigh it down because it does float
I used it in my bio filter for my pond it worked Ok but not great. I have switched to Bio balls and it works much better. Hydroton works much better as a hydroponic media if your are growing pot. That's what a lot of the growers use that supply medical marijuana to the local stores.
I would think that the pores on this media would clog very quickly. You would spend a lot of time rinsing the media off. This would also lead to possible inefficiencies in bio filtration.
I had 3 large trickle towers filled with this stuff running for about 3 years. I agree with tigerdat. it´s ok but there are better filter materials
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