Do you use a filter pad in the drip tray
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I run mine empty and use live rock . I only use a mechanical filter ,"filter pad, pre filter etc" if there is stuff floating in my water. It'll just catch nitrates ime.
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Why gerry?
It will just trap more garbage and cause you more problems than it solves. IME. the very best way to go for a tank that has any live rock is empty filters, cannisters etc. The only time I add anything is when I'm trying to mechanically remove something from my water.
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max
It will just trap more garbage and cause you more problems than it solves. IME. the very best way to go for a tank that has any live rock is empty filters, cannisters etc. The only time I add anything is when I'm trying to mechanically remove something from my water.
hth
max
I would go with what max was saying. I had posted a post about a month ago about which type of filter to use after setting up my wet/dry and I was also using filter media. When I was using that filter media I had noticed that my protein skimmer was working harder than it was previsouly before I had put that filter on becase of that filter meida causing nitrates to so up. Then about a month ago my siphon stoped working and my pump pumped all the water into my tank, and I had unpluged it and now for a month I have been running just a protein skimmer with my live rock and sand.
I thought the sock and batting would catch the detrius and uneaten food etc that goes into the sump rather than having it go back up into the tank.
the water does go thru sponge bubble trap before going to return.
I have a durso so there is no filtration before the sump.
the water does go thru sponge bubble trap before going to return.
I have a durso so there is no filtration before the sump.
That's the problem gerry it catches the detritus and it just sets there and rots putting nitrates into your water colum. If you have big fish that might be the way to go but, I really would run it empty your nitrate levels will fall. I use power heads and a skimmer as well. I don't even have a sump on some of my tanks.
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max
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max
Max,
When I got the tank the "live rock" was covered in red hair algae. It's short though like a carpet. My snail and blenny are helping with this now, but a lot remains, and there is very little--just a hint of what might be coralines starting to grow. I assume that most if not all of the "live" in the rock had died. Nitrates were through the roof and I had a slight ammonia spike after moving it.
Ph-8.3
Alk-4
Amm-0
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-15
Should I wait to remove all the filtration and bioballs until there is less algae and more coraline, or can I do that now?
My specs and inhabitants are on my user page--use the link in my signature.
When I got the tank the "live rock" was covered in red hair algae. It's short though like a carpet. My snail and blenny are helping with this now, but a lot remains, and there is very little--just a hint of what might be coralines starting to grow. I assume that most if not all of the "live" in the rock had died. Nitrates were through the roof and I had a slight ammonia spike after moving it.
Ph-8.3
Alk-4
Amm-0
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-15
Should I wait to remove all the filtration and bioballs until there is less algae and more coraline, or can I do that now?
My specs and inhabitants are on my user page--use the link in my signature.
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