JUWEL bioPad Mechanical Filter Pad - M

JUWEL bioPad Mechanical Filter Pad - M is a mechanical filter pad for the Bioflow 3.0 and Bioflow Compact filters.

Key Features

• Fits the Bioflow 3.0 and Bioflow Compact filters: Order by the filter, not by the tank. This is the M size, and the sizes are not interchangeable.
• The first thing the water meets: It catches the visible dirt before it reaches the biological media, which is what keeps the sponges behind it from clogging.
• How this one is handled: A mechanical pad. It traps particles, it clogs as it does its job, and it gets replaced rather than rinsed and reused indefinitely.
• One part of a stack: A Bioflow runs several media together. Changing them all at once restarts the tank's cycle, so stagger them.

Ordering The Right One

• Order by your filter model, not by the litres of your aquarium. The letter on the box is the Bioflow it fits, and the sizes do not interchange.
• If you are unsure which Bioflow you have, tell us which JUWEL aquarium it came with and we will work it out and confirm before we dispatch.

Looking After Filter Media

• Never rinse biological media under the tap. Dubai tap water is chlorinated, chlorine kills the bacteria you are trying to keep, and those bacteria are the entire value of the sponge. Rinse it in a bucket of tank water.
• Never change all the media at once. Swap one part and leave the rest, so the bacterial population survives and the tank does not restart its cycle.
• Mechanical pads clog and get replaced. Biological sponge and ceramic get rinsed and go back in. Chemical media are used up and then do nothing.

Good To Know

• A consumable. Keep spares, because a blocked pad is the commonest reason a Bioflow slows right down.
• Fits the Bioflow 3.0 and Bioflow Compact filters. Tell us your aquarium model if you are not sure which Bioflow you have.
• Stagger your media changes. Replacing everything in one go is the commonest way a settled tank suddenly reads ammonia again.