Large Tank Design

[TetraBotia]

SO---nail down your inhabitants. Then post your questions in the saltwater forums. You'll get much better advice and exposure to your specific needs there.

No- it is freshwater... my fault, as that info is in another post, kind of in a two part post/question.

 

[SailFin]

As for the sump, it is not only saltwater that use them. You can go wet/dry which will require bio-balls or just wet(media submerged) which will require a media that will allow a lot of bacteria to grow on a big as possible surface area.

Could you just use the Bio-balls submerged with the just wet (Instead of Wet/Dry) or would it be better to use some other media? If so, what media would you recommend?

 

[indiginess]

Could you just use the Bio-balls submerged with the just wet (Instead of Wet/Dry) or would it be better to use some other media? If so, what media would you recommend?

thats a whole can o worms to be opened.... do 'bio balls' provide more surface area? dunno. i've seen passionate arguments both ways for their use in wet systems.

not a contribution, just an observation...

 

[ashdavid]

thats a whole can o worms to be opened.... do 'bio balls' provide more surface area? dunno. i've seen passionate arguments both ways for their use in wet systems.

not a contribution, just an observation...

Well the can is already opened, so...Very unlikely, in fact IMO they come nowhere near the surface area of a submerged media.