K3 and evolutionaqua Biochip

[marco]

I saw the new media from aqua evolution (K3 and Kaldness Biochip) on www.evolutionaqua.com
Does some of you have already used them ?
What have you heard about them ?
How to mixt them with K1?
Thanks , Marco

[GazKoi]

Yes i have some Bio Chips and you just add it to your K1 they say that 25lts of Bio Chip to 100lts of K1 but i do believe you may even be able to go up to 50lts per 100lts.

[Thomas T]

BUMP .... How's the bio chip doing ?

[GazKoi]

Bio-Chip is doing fine and bubbling away

[kiky]

There is an article about biochip in Koi Carp May issue # 134

[Thomas T]

Thanks for the quick reply. Does it do what it was advertised for ? Did you notice any enhancements in water quality ? I'm very much interested to know what it can do to DOCs.

Kiky,
I would love to see that article. May I request a fax copy from you ?

[luke frisbee]

Not what i read but what I can figure out.... from reading the PDF at the site above.....
K3 is 10% less efficient by volume than K1. But since it is larger, it doesn't get hung up in the equipment and is easier to keep in the compartment (it is supposed to stay in)...
Hmmm Less performance but fewer headaches for the manufacturer/promoter.... credit should be given to the company...this was the easiest aspect of the system they market to retool and get the systems already in use "fixed"... they even try to make it look like it is something better.

[dick benbow]

It's a good system. Many of my friends in the UK were involved in testing it prior to release. All said it made a difference and they were happy with it. I'm running
it in my outside pond......

[kiky]

Thomas T,

I'll see what I can do. What is your fax no?

[RayJordan]

I just added the K3 chips in my filter system(2 weeks ago) at a 20% bio-chips 80% k1 ratio. Bio-chips are designed primarily to be bacterial media to process nitrogen based chemical waste. K3 was designed to "house" a diffent set of critters than K1. It is designed to create tiny little quiet cells to permit population by tiny critters that would not be able to populate a highly aererated high flow filter system or koi pond. THe tiny size of these cells creates a quiet zone protected by surface tension vs the outside churning and high velosity zone. Tiny flat worms, rotifers, hydra's and other critters consume the larger bits of organic material than bacteria can process. Sales claim is to be able to reduce docs and increase water clarity by adding to the same moving bed as K1 vs K1 alone.

Attached a photo of the biochip before adding to filter. 2nd photo is not very clear but taken thru my microscope eyepiece at 40X with my digital camera. After only two weeks(in mature system) already well colonized with all kinds of critters. 3rd file is mpeg of brief video that you can hopefully see the tiny critters better swimming around inside of a cell in the biochip