Bakki Shower, Bacteria House fillter media Options

[Kinder]

Hi ALL

This link on Bakki Shower was posted by bro desireless earlier. I had a read through and found it quite effective (Bacteria House media) inregards to the tests carried out. The user was able to achieve the following with 15% water change of once a week:

"lower nitrate level ( approximately 20ppm )
softer water ( approximately 40-60ppm )
very low DOC
High ORP reading ( above 500 )
very high dissolved oxygen
temperature of below 27 degrees constantly"

Question is has any bros used Bakki shower method or just the bacteria house media here at RG?

[bekko]

You guys so RICH. I cannot afford the bacteria house media but have had pretty good luck with trickle tower filters which use pieces of coral rubble picked up along the beach. The coral rubble (pieces of dead coral rock) is about the same size as bacteria house media and has about the same texture. However, coral gives off yellow cosmic rays instead of far infrared rays.

Black plastic nursery pots (made for plants) work pretty well as media containers. They come in all sizes from a few cm to almost a meter. They are tapered so water flows from one to the other without splashing. The already have the holes in the bottom. They are less expensive than just about any other container of similar volume. You want the kind that are injection molded rather than blow molded.

-steve