SeachemMatrix, 4 L / 1 gal.

Fish happy

Keeps the water quality where I want it in the turtle tanks.

I have used Seachem Matrix for well over a year now, and I can say for a fact that it is by far the best media out there, and the results I have had using it prove it.Every bio media will give your filter the surface area to grow aerobic beneficial bacteria that convert ammonia and nitrites into nitrates. What's so special about Matrix is that each piece of the bio media is so porous yet dense that there are nooks and crannies in each piece that a special type of beneficial bacteria is able to grow, specifically anaerobic bacteria. This anaerobic bacteria consumes nitrates. This type of beneficial bacteria is one that can only grow in environments that are not oxygenated (which is why the porosity and nooks and crannies Matrix bring to the table are important).I keep African Cichlids (Mbuna specifically), which have a reputation for being some of the most demanding fish when it comes to bio load. I keep the tank stocked moderately, overfiltered, and chalked full of as much Seachem matrix as I can fit. Before switching to Matrix I was using the typical ceramic rings and doing weekly water changes. My Nitrates would get up to 30-40 PPM after 1 week with no ammonia and no nitrites. After switching to Seachem Matrix and giving the anaerobic beneficial bacteria a couple months to establish itself, it is a night and day difference. I test my water weekly. I was shocked to begin seeing a decline in the numbers on my nitrate tests. Probably around the 6 month mark or so, there began to be such a little amount of nitrates that I could skip water changes. I keep everything recorded in a spreadsheet and there was one point that I went 2.5 weeks without a water change and my nitrates were only at 25 PPM, KEEP IN MIND THESE ARE FULL SIZE MBUNA WITH NO PLANTS IN THE TANK. I still do weekly water changes and test my water weekly, but typically there is so little nitrates that it wont even register on a dip test strip and API registers between 0 and 5 PPM. Truly amazing.The proof is in the pudding, Seachem Matrix makes big claims and much like every other Seachem product, it backs them up. 10/10 would recommend, I will never run another bio media in any tank.

So far so good, no complaints.

Great product working well for my large aquarium

I am not to sure if this works as well as the manufacturer claims I rarely check my water I watch my fish and the 40 year’s in fish keeping. I originally bought professional bio media on eBay which costed less and worked great and cheaper but I always trusted seachem. I over filter my 75 gallon about 22 times over not an over kill when you have a big bio load meaning the more fish you have the more biological media you need. I have 22 fish in my tank from severums and loaches and polar parrots and a King Kong parrot and a knife fish all are doing great I do a 1/4 gallon water change weekly and use pre filter on one of my canister filter and the other is cleaned every week

Very practical

Item as described!