regular wet dry with bioball chamber. what to use instead of the bioballs?

brad7373 · 03/18/2009, 03:52 PM

i was thinking either live rock rubble, or denitrate or maybe chemi pure elite bags. any opinions would be greatly appreciated.

Crawf71 · 03/18/2009, 03:56 PM

Live rock rubble will collect detritus bad, I made that mistake.

I think the chemi pure would be a good idea. Is there any to mod the chamber to hold water? I was able to mod mine with some extra acrlyic bracing and turned it into a fuge.

brad7373 · 03/18/2009, 04:11 PM

eh i already have a 60 gallon fuge and quite a lotttttt of filtration. just always looking to add more/ make more efficient .

THE ROOK · 03/18/2009, 05:11 PM

What's alot of filtration?

boomer135 · 03/18/2009, 05:34 PM

I just cut holes with a jig saw in the water tray and put filter bags in there...

medic 125 · 03/18/2009, 06:42 PM

I placed a couple small pieces of LR where the bioballs would be spread out to not gather detritus and placed chemi elite on top of the rock. Consistent 5 ppm nitrates. I also have mangroves though in the wet dry.

03/18/2009, 03:52 PM	#1
brad7373 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: new york, new york Posts: 374	regular wet dry with bioball chamber. what to use instead of the bioballs? i was thinking either live rock rubble, or denitrate or maybe chemi pure elite bags. any opinions would be greatly appreciated.

03/18/2009, 03:56 PM	#2
Crawf71 Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 169	Live rock rubble will collect detritus bad, I made that mistake. I think the chemi pure would be a good idea. Is there any to mod the chamber to hold water? I was able to mod mine with some extra acrlyic bracing and turned it into a fuge. __________________ Chris Current Tank Info: 120g display, 20g sump, 40g refugium. 2x250w DE 14k phoenix

03/18/2009, 04:11 PM	#3
brad7373 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: new york, new york Posts: 374	eh i already have a 60 gallon fuge and quite a lotttttt of filtration. just always looking to add more/ make more efficient .

03/18/2009, 05:11 PM	#4
THE ROOK Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Springfield, MA Posts: 2,100	What's alot of filtration?

03/18/2009, 05:34 PM	#5
boomer135 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: st pete fl Posts: 193	I just cut holes with a jig saw in the water tray and put filter bags in there...

03/18/2009, 06:42 PM	#6
medic 125 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Saint Cloud Posts: 66	I placed a couple small pieces of LR where the bioballs would be spread out to not gather detritus and placed chemi elite on top of the rock. Consistent 5 ppm nitrates. I also have mangroves though in the wet dry.