Bio Media Specific Surface Area (SSA)
Hydro FilterSilk™
Used in Hydro Vortex™ filters. Black color. Sold in 1.85 cubic foot packages. Free-floating media designed to fill entire filter.
61 SSA per square foot.
366 SSA per cubic foot.
HydroFoam™ Beads
Styrofoam beads used inside HydroBead Vortex™ Filters. Sold by the cubic foot. Free-floating media designed to remain in a fluidized motion state.
75.37 SSA per square foot.
452.20 SSA per cubic foot.
Poly-Flo White Filter Pad
www.polyflopondfilters.com/biological_filter_media.htm
FM56JC cream color. Used in virtually every brand of "Pad-&-Media-Bag" style waterfall filter on the market. Sold in bulk by the square foot, or in pre-cut pads.
White Pad: 49 SSA per square foot.
White Pad: 294 SSA per cubic foot.
Black Pad: 76 SSA per square foot.
Black Pad: 456 SSA per cubic foot.
Savio Springflo™
http://www.savio.cc/pond-products/C72/
Used in Savio Livingponds™ Filters. Sold in 3 cubic foot rolls with 180 square feet of surface area. Green color. Free-floating media designed to fill entire filter.
10 SSA per square foot.
60 SSA per cubic foot.
180 SSA per 3 cubic feet.
