{"id":1766,"date":"2016-04-12T09:36:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T08:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icanews.es\/en\/?p=1766"},"modified":"2016-10-19T09:55:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T08:55:54","slug":"hydra-filter-and-hydra-stream-filter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icanews.es\/en\/hydra-filter-and-hydra-stream-filter\/","title":{"rendered":"Hydra Filter and Hydra Stream Filter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The greatest technological revolution<\/h4>\r\n<blockquote><b>The only effective filter from day 1 against ammonia NH<sub>3<\/sub>, nitrite NO<sub>2<\/sub> and nitrate NO<sub>3<\/sub><\/b>, which are transformed into nitrogen ions, oxygen and other <b>harmless compounds for fish. Try it!<\/b><\/blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4>Innovative and revolutionary for tropical and marine aquariums<!--more--><\/h4>\r\nGiven the great acceptance in the market of the <b>Hydra internal filter<\/b>, ICA is to start selling its new models, recommended for aquariums holding from 100 to 800 litres.\r\n<h4>What makes it different?<\/h4>\r\nThis success is due to the fact that <b>it is the only filter in the market capable of combatting the \u201cnew tank syndrome\u201d<\/b>, i.e. it transforms ammonia, nitrite and nitrate, which are harmful to fish and invertebrates, into macromolecules of nitrogen and oxygen, which are inoffensive to the aquarium, using a catalysing plate that ionises them, something that no other conventional filter can do.\r\n<h4>How does it work?<\/h4>\r\nWe\u2019ll explain how the Hydra filter works over its stages:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icanews.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Hydra2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icanews.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Hydra2.jpg\" alt=\"Hydra2\" width=\"290\" height=\"454\" \/><\/a>\r\n<h5><b>A.\u00a0Hydro-Pure Technology<\/b><\/h5>\r\n<h6><b>Stage 1:\u00a0<\/b><\/h6>\r\nWater enters the aquarium: ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, phosphates, organic nutrients and other waste.\r\n<h6><b><b>Stage 2<\/b>: \u00a0<\/b><\/h6>\r\nIn the special reaction chamber, a 5mA current passes through the titanium plates.The special \u201cCata-Pure\u201d charge increases the effect of the hydroxyl ions, which react with the nitrogenated compounds and other waste.\r\n<h6><b>Stage 3:<\/b><\/h6>\r\nClean water is obtained.\r\n<h5><b>B.\u00a0Anaerobic Chamber<\/b><\/h5>\r\nAn anaerobic filtering charge (not included) can be added to reduce nitrate levels.\r\n<h5><b>C.\u00a0Biological and Mechanical Filtering<\/b><\/h5>\r\nA Premium filtering Foamex is used to trap any waste suspended in the water. The great porosity of the sponge will enable beneficial bacteria to colonise its surface.It is possible to see in this sequence how Hydro-Pure technology performs the <b>chemical transformation <\/b>to turn the ammonia and nitrites into macromolecules of nitrogen and oxygen.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icanews.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Hydra3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icanews.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Hydra3.jpg\" alt=\"Hydra3\" width=\"288\" height=\"472\" \/><\/a>En esta secuencia se puede ver c\u00f3mo la tecnolog\u00eda Hydro-Pure realiza la\u00a0<b>transformaci\u00f3n qu\u00edmica\u00a0<\/b>para que el amoniaco y los nitritos se conviertan en macromoleculas de nitr\u00f3geno y ox\u00edgeno.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icanews.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Hydra4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icanews.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Hydra4.jpg\" alt=\"Hydra4\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a>\r\n<h3>Hydra Stream Filter<\/h3>\r\nCan be used as an internal or external filter, on the sump, with ceramic filters and in ponds with the <b>new Hydra-Pure organic technology <\/b>that instantly reduces nutrient levels that biological filtration cannot eliminate.\r\n<h4>What does it consist of?<\/h4>\r\nThe Hydra Stream filter provides versatility and power to <b>Hydra-Pure technology<\/b>. The Hydra Stream filter uses the same <b>Hydra-Pure <\/b>system as the Hydra filter, <b>organic <\/b>and risk-free technology that instantly <b>reduces levels of toxic agents <\/b>(ammonia, nitrites and nitrates) that biological filtration is unable to eliminate.The Hydra Stream filter is recommended for large fresh and salt water aquariums and ponds. A pump or filter is required for it to work properly and can be adapted to the system used, as it can be used as an internal or external filter, on the sump and with ceramic filters.\r\n<h4>How does it work?<\/h4>\r\nWe\u2019ll explain how the Hydra Stream filter works over its stages:<a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.icanews.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Hydra5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icanews.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Hydra5.jpg\" alt=\"Hydra5\" width=\"500\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a>\r\n<h5><b>STAGE 1\u00a0<\/b><\/h5>\r\nCollection of organic nutrients, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate and other waste.\r\n<h5><b>STAGE 2\u00a0<\/b><\/h5>\r\nIts Cata-Pure system increases the effect of hydroxyl ions (OH-). In the special reaction chamber, a 5mA micro-current passes through the plates.\r\n<h5><b>STAGE 3\u00a0<\/b><\/h5>\r\nClean water is obtained.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icanews.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Hydra6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icanews.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Hydra6.jpg\" alt=\"Hydra6\" width=\"500\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a>It is possible to see in this sequence how Hydro-Pure technology performs the <b>chemical transformation <\/b>to turn the ammonia and nitrites into macromolecules of nitrogen and oxygen.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icanews.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Hydra71.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icanews.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Hydra71.jpg\" alt=\"Hydra7\" width=\"538\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The greatest technological revolution The only effective filter from day 1 against ammonia NH3, nitrite NO2 and nitrate NO3, which are transformed into nitrogen ions, oxygen and other harmless compounds for fish. Try it! &nbsp; Innovative and revolutionary for tropical and marine aquariums<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,53],"tags":[52],"class_list":["post-1766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-filtering","category-fishkeeping","tag-hot"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icanews.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icanews.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icanews.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icanews.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icanews.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.icanews.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icanews.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icanews.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icanews.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icanews.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}