Help! What To Do With Back Chambers of AP24?

tayRavage23 · 12/15/2007, 01:31 AM

Hey everybody im having some trouble deciding what to do with the back chambers of my new 24g AquaPod. For some reason i was under the impression that there would be three chambers and i was going to use one for a refuge but there is only two. Everybody says to remove the bio balls and one of the sponges as well as the ceramic beads so i plan on doing that. Ive also ordered a MJ 1200 to replace te stock pump. What other mods should be made to the back chambers. Would an in tank refuge still be doable?

thanks in advanced

dsn112 · 12/15/2007, 08:15 AM

post this in the nano forum, you will have better luck there

MalHavoc · 12/15/2007, 09:53 AM

I have an AP24. In my back compartment, I have my heater, a mesh bag of purigen, the MJ1200 mod, and my top off system. You can either put macro algae and some reef rubble in there, but with the rubble, you might have a hard time cleaning it out because the back area isn't that wide. I'd suggest a hang on fuge, like a converted Aquaclear or something.

tayRavage23 · 12/15/2007, 03:32 PM

aright thanks...does it make sense to add purigen before my tank cycles or should i just wait till i start adding live stock?

MalHavoc · 12/15/2007, 07:47 PM

you're probably going to want liverock now, before you start to cycle the tank, since the liverock is what is going to *cause* the tank to cycle.

12/15/2007, 01:31 AM	#1
tayRavage23 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 18	Help! What To Do With Back Chambers of AP24? Hey everybody im having some trouble deciding what to do with the back chambers of my new 24g AquaPod. For some reason i was under the impression that there would be three chambers and i was going to use one for a refuge but there is only two. Everybody says to remove the bio balls and one of the sponges as well as the ceramic beads so i plan on doing that. Ive also ordered a MJ 1200 to replace te stock pump. What other mods should be made to the back chambers. Would an in tank refuge still be doable? thanks in advanced

12/15/2007, 08:15 AM	#2
dsn112 Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: South Jersey Posts: 1,139	post this in the nano forum, you will have better luck there __________________ I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I got it all!! Current Tank Info: Fluval Edge w LED freshwater. Looking at doing a 20-40g long penninsula fowlr soon

12/15/2007, 09:53 AM	#3
MalHavoc Infinitely Prolonged Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 10,850	I have an AP24. In my back compartment, I have my heater, a mesh bag of purigen, the MJ1200 mod, and my top off system. You can either put macro algae and some reef rubble in there, but with the rubble, you might have a hard time cleaning it out because the back area isn't that wide. I'd suggest a hang on fuge, like a converted Aquaclear or something. __________________ Jason "Empathy, he once had decided, must be limited to herbivores or anyhow omnivores who could depart from a meat diet. Because, ultimately, the empathic gift blurred the boundaries between hunter and victim, between the successful and the defeated." -- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K Dick

12/15/2007, 07:47 PM	#5
MalHavoc Infinitely Prolonged Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 10,850	you're probably going to want liverock now, before you start to cycle the tank, since the liverock is what is going to cause the tank to cycle. __________________ Jason "Empathy, he once had decided, must be limited to herbivores or anyhow omnivores who could depart from a meat diet. Because, ultimately, the empathic gift blurred the boundaries between hunter and victim, between the successful and the defeated." -- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K Dick

12/15/2007, 03:32 PM	#4
tayRavage23 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 18	aright thanks...does it make sense to add purigen before my tank cycles or should i just wait till i start adding live stock?