This is a decent filter and can be found on Amazon and Ebay as well as from lots of UK independent sellers.
Just search 'Betta 1050' on Google and the results will come up.
Unfortunately the prices are all over the places so I'd advise just picking the lowest price from a company with good reviews.
This filter will easily hold 2.3kg of Biohome Ultimate which makes it perfectly suitable for the recommended tank size of 230 litres 61 US gallons) for a normally stocked tank or 115 litres (30 US gallons) for a heavily stocked tank. It's a well made filter which holds a decent amount of filter media so it's one I'd recommend.
I've had emails from Hakim (who sent me the filter) and he said that by stacking the Biohome Ultimate media neatly he easily got an extra 300g into the two media trays. That takes the potential media capacity up to around 2.5kg - 2.6kg so it easily covers a normally stocked 230 litre tank as promised by the manufacturer / seller.
Betta products are sold by J&K aquatics and I traded with them for over 20 years when I had my aquatic shop so I'm familiar with their business model and it is genuine.
I wouldn't recommend a company of which I had no experience of or if I found out their promises and /or business model was blatantly fake ...... for example Seachem with 'prime' which starves bacteria and messes up the cycle, causing users to buy more of their products. That is a pharmaceutical business template. 'Safe and effective'? It never is ... and the tragic thing is that Seachem have many great products which I routinely recommend - it's a strange dichotomy for me considering how much damage their flagship product does.
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VERY IMPORTANT:
*Avoid using water conditioners which claim to bind / remove / detoxify ammonia, nitrite and nitrate as it will have a pronounced starving effect on the bacteria. When bacteria is starved the population will be low as it grows in line with the available 'food'.
A normal conditioner will allow the bacteria to fully populate the whole system and take away the 'need' to add more bacteria after maintenance / water change.
Most people get conned into regularly using bacteria additives and that is simply to mask the side effects from a damaging conditioner and a failing filter.
Tapsafe, Aquasafe, API Stress Coat etc. is all you need when a tank is properly set up, a filter is suitably sized (and properly set up) and Nature is allowed to do what Nature does.*
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The following videos will be useful for learning more about filtration and filter media:
Sizing a canister properly and filter set up: goo.gl/om19un
Looking INSIDE different filter media: goo.gl/hZWS6c
Bacteria and filter media: goo.gl/123gAF
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A full cycle is completed by bacteria - the aerobic part of biological filtration which processes ammonia to nitrite and nitrite to nitrate followed by an anaerobic part which processes nitrate into soluble nitrogen which bubbles off to the atmosphere.
Therefore it requires a suitable amount of excellent quality filter media to be able to provide the environment for both aerobic AND anaerobic bacteria - that is what Biohome filter media does perfectly but even with such good media there are limitations and we recommend the following amounts for different stocking scenarios:
(1 US Gallon = 3.8 litres)
(1kg = 2.2 lbs)
Average community tropical aquarium = 1kg per 100 litres
Average coldwater aquarium = 1kg - 1.5kg per 100 litres
Predator aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres
Large cichlid aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres
Malawi / Tanganyikan aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres
Marine aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres
Average mixed fish pond = 1kg per 200 litres
Average koi pond = 1kg per 150 litres
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