| "> | | | | clean water, very little solid waste can be allowed to |
| Biological Koi filters incorporate two stages of | | | | enter the biological section of Koi filters. |
| filtration. The first stage is the settlement or | | | | The conditions required in the biological section of |
| entrapment section of the filter. Solid organic matter | | | | filtration are the support and productivity of hearty |
| is dragged into the settlement area by way of | | | | growth among the nitrifying bacteria occupying the |
| gravity and current produced by a pond pump, | | | | filter media we have provided there, while at the |
| waterfall or fountain, which aid in the circulation of | | | | same time keeping conditions that promote the |
| the pond water. Now being that the settlement area | | | | development of heterotrophic bacteria isolated to the |
| is the first stage of filtration, it has to be very | | | | settlement section. This division allows for the break |
| efficient at itâs portion of solid waste | | | | down of ammonia, into the less harmful compound |
| collecting. The desired end result is good clean healthy | | | | nitrate, to proceed efficiently by the nitrifying |
| water for your Koi. For the filter to produce such | | | | bacteria. |