hey guys, i have a mag 350 that im gonna set up on my sw tank, for at the very least extra water flow. They pump 350 gph so i figure i gotta get at least those gallons per hour outa this extra filter.
Im wondering if i should use it for anything else.... it comes with mechanical as well as biological and chemical filtration set-ups. I would not run the chemical on a daily basis, more when i have to take something out of the tank is when id like to run carbon. But im wondering if it would be a good idea to run either the biological (for even more on top of the LR) or the mechanical (to take out unwanted things in the column). ?
Just wondering if i could get some more use than just water flow out of this unit? I have the same question with my other filter that im using for added flow, an emperor 400. Im going to take off the bio-wheels i believe, but would it be good to maybe have things like phosban and such in the media chamber of the emperor and use them as needed?
being still pretty new to salt water, im not really to sure my self, it seems like pretty much the general consensus is to keep just LR and a skimmer. But i see people who set up successful marine tanks without even any live rock! I think to myself well, how do they do that... they must use either a canister or a wet/dry filter. I suppose they could use a sump, and keep LR in there... but why not have it in the tank too if its in the sump? and what sump is big enough to have 1.25-2 lbs of LR per gallon?
Im just thinking that maybe it would be good to use both methods???
Any thoughts?
-Jay
Im wondering if i should use it for anything else.... it comes with mechanical as well as biological and chemical filtration set-ups. I would not run the chemical on a daily basis, more when i have to take something out of the tank is when id like to run carbon. But im wondering if it would be a good idea to run either the biological (for even more on top of the LR) or the mechanical (to take out unwanted things in the column). ?
Just wondering if i could get some more use than just water flow out of this unit? I have the same question with my other filter that im using for added flow, an emperor 400. Im going to take off the bio-wheels i believe, but would it be good to maybe have things like phosban and such in the media chamber of the emperor and use them as needed?
being still pretty new to salt water, im not really to sure my self, it seems like pretty much the general consensus is to keep just LR and a skimmer. But i see people who set up successful marine tanks without even any live rock! I think to myself well, how do they do that... they must use either a canister or a wet/dry filter. I suppose they could use a sump, and keep LR in there... but why not have it in the tank too if its in the sump? and what sump is big enough to have 1.25-2 lbs of LR per gallon?
Im just thinking that maybe it would be good to use both methods???
Any thoughts?
-Jay
