But as those bacteria that sit on the Zeolite get the ammonia much easier and in much greater quantity than others in the tank, they can make much better “profit” from the carbon addition. To speed up the starting of these filters, some companies offer bacterial starter cultures, although their usefulness is debatable.

Now that we have discussed the basic principles of what happens on the Zeolite, we should take a look inside each grain. Due to the porous structure of the material and the bacterial films coating the surface of each grain, o

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