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Filtration & Media

Explore aquarium filtration and filter media with videos and educational articles focused on modern filtration techniques. Everything from biological filter media and filter socks to carbon, GFO, refugiums, media reactors, and so much more.
  1. Should you use ozone in your aquarium?

    Should you use ozone in your aquarium?

    What is ozone? What does it do? What won't it do? What are the health or safety concerns? How do most reefers implement ozone? Watch to find out.
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  2. Install a BRS Mini 5" Media Reactor | How To Tuesday

    Install a BRS Mini 5" Media Reactor | How To Tuesday

    There are few main differences between the mini 5" and the larger 10" reactor. First, the mini is designed to either run carbon alone or a mix of GFO and carbon. While it might be possible, we don't...
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  3. Why should I use a UV sterilizer?

    Why should I use a UV sterilizer?

    UV Sterilizers: why would someone use one, how they work, common misconceptions, is there a better solution, as well as a few install tips.
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  4. Refugium Debate: Julian Sprung For, Jake Adams Against | MACNA 2014

    Refugium Debate: Julian Sprung For, Jake Adams Against | MACNA 2014

    Jake: I love reefs, I love corals, and I love everything that lives with them and around them. But when it comes to marine aquariums, the keeping, growing and understanding of corals is...
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  5. No more changing filter socks, courtesy of Genesis | Interzoo 2014

    No more changing filter socks, courtesy of Genesis | Interzoo 2014

    The Genesis is the first automatically changing paper filter we had at BRS had ever come across (at Interzoo a few years back). The Genesis Paper Filter is a mechanical filter for your aquarium that...
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  6. A self changing mechanical filter? The Theiling Rollermat | Interzoo 2014

    A self changing mechanical filter? The Theiling Rollermat | Interzoo 2014

    The Theiling Rollermat is like a filter sock, except that it filters detritus out of the water column by passing it through filter paper off of a long roll. As the filter paper clogs, the water level...
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  7. How and Why to Measure ORP in Fusion EP 16: Apex Aquarium Controllers from Neptune Systems

    How and Why to Measure ORP in Fusion EP 16: Apex Aquarium Controllers from Neptune Systems

    While ORP (Oxidation-Reduction Potential) isn't commonly measured by most reef tank owners, those who do generally do so to control their ozone generator or to keep a pulse on their...
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  8. How to Calibrate your ORP Probe EP 10: Apex Aquarium Controllers from Neptune Systems

    How to Calibrate your ORP Probe EP 10: Apex Aquarium Controllers from Neptune Systems

    We'll go over calibrating your ORP probe in our tenth episode of the Neptune Apex series. Let's begin with a quote directly from the Neptune Apex manual: "It is not necessary to calibrate the ORP on...
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