Bacteria King from Reef Systems is a porous biomedia that might be able to double up as a calcium reactor media. Made from accretions of worm tubes and other calcium secreting organisms, the large pellets of Bacteria King are about the size of sugar cubes and extremely porous. A sales rep pulled a piece out of a running sump to let us have a closer look. After holding it in our hand for a few minutes we inadvertently thought it might be safe to pocket the piece, only to be rewarded with a big wet spot on our pants a few minutes later.
多孔天然碳酸钙培养基旨在用作生物膜，通过细菌的生物学活性缓慢溶解，但细菌王可能能够作为有趣的钙反应器培养基发挥双重功能。大尺寸的细菌王块将允许钙反应器中的高水流，高孔隙率也将溶解从块的内部溶解矿物。Whether Bacteria King could really serve as a great calcium reactor media is yet to be seen, the accretion could crumble into its little itty bitty constituents but in either case, we’d love to use this in the wet-dry filter of our fish only for increased auto replenishment of calcium and magnesium.
