Bakki Shower Media
The bakki shower filter was developed by the momotaro japanese koi farm.
Bakki shower media. Evolution aqua k1 k1 micro oase hel x and eco pond chip are more suited for moving bed filters which offer a very efficient way of dealing with the ammonia produced by the fish. The bakki shower filter was designed with stainless steel trays and incorporates bacteria house ceramic media. Bakki shower with de nitrifying media either bhm or ogata crystal bio both having similar de nitrifying properties one way how to diy is covered in one of my threads 2. We recommend the used our sakura far infrared shower media for the ultimate performance.
The effect of the bakki shower using momotaro bacteria house media coupled with the smaller water clusters work very effectively at de odourising the water and also allows gases to be released thereby lightening the load on the biomass and making the systems considerably less kh consuming than conventional filtration. Lowest price in the usa. How shower filters work the basic layout of a bakki shower and that of its many copies is as shown in figure 3. The sakura shower filter is an economical bakki shower style filter for koi ponds.
I do not consider a shower filter with. Grand koi is an authorized agent for momotaro bacteria house bakki media the ceramic biological media powering the bakki house and bakki shower filters which took the koi world by storm. In a four stack bakki shower 20lbs of momotaro media is used in each of the trays making it both expensive and heavy. Momotaro bacteria house bakki media in action at grand koi.
A bakki shower for example works best with a highly pourous filter media such as our sakura far infrared shower filter media or momotaro bacteria house media. I also have a 100cm width x 24cm x 30cm 4 tier bakki shower i purchased 1 box of 10kg sakura far infrared shower media from kitsu koi which fills one tier once you have broken each pierce in two and mixed the media up so it sits at every angle. The units can be supplied with or without media. After tumbling over the media it leaves the top tray through a grid or a series of holes drilled in its bottom.
Water is pumped from the pond and over the top of the highest tray of media. Universally acknowleged as the most advanced and efficient filter system for koi ponds the bakki concept was created by. There are alternative and less expensive types of media like feather rock pumice rock lava rock or chinese ceramic media and crystal bio made by another japanese koi farm from porous glass like media. There are many diy shower filters built with plastic fiberglass and stainless steel boxes called bakki shower filters.