{"product_id":"1400ef-annual-service-kit-9w-uv-bulb-floss-coarse-foam-carbon","title":"1400EF+ Annual Service Kit - 9w UV Bulb, Floss, Coarse Foam \u0026 Carbon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA full year of media plus the UV lamp, in one delivery, sized for your filter.\u003c\/strong\u003e Mechanical floss traps fine debris. Coarse foam does the heavy lifting and holds your bacteria colony. Activated carbon strips discolouration and odour. A fresh 9w UV lamp puts the steriliser back to full output. Run all four and the filter does what it was designed to do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"border:1px solid #E2C275;border-left:6px solid #D98A00;background:#FFF8E7;border-radius:6px;padding:16px 18px;margin:18px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:17px;line-height:1.3;font-weight:700;color:#7A4E00;\"\u003eImportant — do not change all your media on the same day\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3D3D3D;line-height:1.5;\"\u003eThe foam and bio media in your filter hold the bacteria colony that keeps your water safe. It takes weeks to establish and minutes to throw away. Replace it all in one go and your tank effectively starts from scratch — ammonia and nitrite climb, and your fish are the ones that suffer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 6px;font-weight:700;color:#3D3D3D;\"\u003eChange it in stages:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;color:#3D3D3D;line-height:1.5;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-bottom:5px;\"\u003eSwap \u003cstrong\u003eno more than half\u003c\/strong\u003e your foam or bio media at a time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-bottom:5px;\"\u003eLeave \u003cstrong\u003e2 to 4 weeks\u003c\/strong\u003e between changes so the new media can colonise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-bottom:5px;\"\u003eRinse anything you are keeping in \u003cstrong\u003etank water only\u003c\/strong\u003e — chlorine from the tap kills bacteria on contact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"\u003eFloss, carbon and the UV lamp are the exception. They do a mechanical, chemical or light-based job, not a biological one, so they can all be replaced in full\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContains, all sized for the 1400EF+:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 x 9w PLS UV bulb, 2-pin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 x white floss pads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 x blue coarse foams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 x black carbon pads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eCheaper than buying the parts separately, and it arrives as one pack rather than four parcels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUV lamp specification:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWattage: 9w\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: PLS, 2-pin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLength: 163mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRated life: approximately 9,000 hours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen to replace the lamp:\u003c\/strong\u003e every 6 months where the UV is doing a sterilising job, or every 12 months for green-water clarification. UV output falls away long before the lamp stops lighting up, so a lamp that still glows can be doing almost nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFits:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1400EF+ external canister filter with 9w UV steriliser. The foams also fit the standard 1400EF, but that model has no UV lamp — order the 1400EF media pack instead.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AllPondSolutions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56471833706875,"sku":"SK-1400EFP","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/7220\/5341\/files\/AllPondSolutionsEFFoamsand9wUVBulbServiceKit_c7eecc38-3cd1-4476-8944-5253462d677d.png?v=1790342294","url":"https:\/\/www.allpondsolutions.co.uk\/products\/1400ef-annual-service-kit-9w-uv-bulb-floss-coarse-foam-carbon","provider":"AllPondSolutions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}