Do the bioballs sink or float?
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The Laguna PowerFlo Pro Biospheres Filter Media SINK. The cheaper knockoffs FLOAT. Depending on your application floating bioballs may be fine. We have a 700G tank and require sinking bioballs, therefore we use the Laguna ones Which Indeed DO SINK. and DO NOT FLOAT.
2069597
Yes. They float. But when placed into a confined space they did fill the area no problem.
2069598
Hello, I have mine contained inside a filter but I just checked and they do float. There are some black ones for sale on amazon that do sink.
474740
It's not supposed to float. Fill up the water to the top of the feet. You may have to add more water as it steams.
1848068
I've never dropped it in the water, but I'm pretty sure it would sink. It doesn't have any buoyancy qualities that I can see.
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I bought a bag from osh and put about 1/2 filling till about an inch snd a half from waterfall so it's not visable. If I did do it over I would digest bioballs they are more expensive but my other filter has them and they seem to work much better. Hope this helps
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No but they might float on top. A really good deal if you can get the sellers to send them to you. I have ordered several other sets and still don't have them.
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I think they all do, the glow one, the snow one and the diamond plate ones definately do, I have a Sol cosmos one also and even though its bigger it still floats more than it sinks :)
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These are not really thick enough to add floatation. I use them for splash protection and have only been in the water with them a couple of times but have not noticed any added floatation.
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Some sink and some float. Of you want them to sink just pinch it in your hand and submerge it into your tank.
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Hey Deborah So the paddle does float but I don't recommend leaving it for extended periods of time because they can fill up with water being an adjustable and since it is aluminum they are more likely to sink than the Carbon fiber paddles. Hope this is helpful and let us know if we can help with anything else.
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They do sink. My water flow is kinda strong, so they move across the front of the tank as they sink. If I didn't have such a strong current they would sink directly to the bottom. My fish all line up as they know the pellets move along the current. The fish seem to like pellets.
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These balls do not float completely, they will fill with water and leave a small portion showing above water. Approx. one hole above water so if gotten for a dog they can see it and retrieve it. If you push it completely under water it will come back up so you can get it. Got for my small dog and she loves to play with it due to being able to pick it up with her teeth in the hole.
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No. They are made out of a dense rubbery plastic. Underwater they will glide smoothly.
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NLS makes both Sinking and floating food. I only use 1 mm sinking pellets and they will at most float for a minute or so and only float because of water tension. I am feeding African Cichlids of many species in 6 aquariums.
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If the ground is very solid its OK . water always spills out and they will sink if it's not a solid base. . to make sure there OK I would put padio blocks under each. Make sure u just don't place them down on the surface. Make them level with the ground!!!!!
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My grandmother had these for as long as I can remember and hers did seem to float on their side. Mine hasn't done it. So idk if it's the older ones or what. But mine is doing just fine floating around our pool.
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About half of them sink right away , while the rest seems to float for a while . I think this company might make a floating food . If you try this one you might want to try a small jar first. Most of the aquarium shops I know feed this food to their fish cichlids love it
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They sink. They have a sizable hole in the bottom. Good thing is this makes it easy to clean out any possible mold that may develop in the toy.