Friends New Wet-Dry!

Friends75helper · 04/14/2007, 04:23 PM

Proclear wet-Dry pushing 500 per hour.

Very nice

shag26272 · 04/14/2007, 04:27 PM

is he gonna take that pad and bioballs out? I used to have one just like that.

Salamander · 04/14/2007, 04:28 PM

Take out the balls and pads (nitrate factories) and turn it into a fuge w/ macro algae.

drummereef · 04/14/2007, 04:43 PM

I agree. The corals aren't going to like the bio-balls in about 3 months.

Roy G. Biv · 04/14/2007, 05:03 PM

Great fuge area.. After the skimmer.

jer77 · 04/14/2007, 05:08 PM

I definately agree with everyone, wet/dry filters are not friends with reef tanks. Also, what does he have in his canister filter? I'd take out any filter pads and bio media and just just use it for low with carbon and maybe some phosban.

Friends75helper · 04/14/2007, 05:09 PM

Alright, He wants to make it into a fuge w/ macro algae.

So this wet-dry isnt safe with a reef?

Friends75helper · 04/14/2007, 05:10 PM

Expain on what to use to turn a Wet-dry into a Fuge?

broke1 · 04/14/2007, 06:49 PM

I can show you what I did if you PM me. I won't post it on here to avoid the ridicule.

DouglasTiede · 04/14/2007, 07:43 PM

I use to have one just like that, I tossed it and built a really nice fuge.

DouglasTiede · 04/14/2007, 07:49 PM

If I may double post.. Why all the down play on sponge filters..
I know people say that they are nitrate factories because you
can "see" all that junk that gets cought in them. If you take them
out and clean them then you actually remove all those nitrates!!

Hasn't anyone ever used a turkey baster to blow off LR?? or taken
a piece of LR and shook it under water?? What happens?? you see
all that very same junk come off your LR and it floats around and
resettles on what?? on LR...

So, isn't it better that it gets cought in a sponge and then removed with
the sponge and then the sponge is cleaned and put back??

Oh wait no more junk floating around... Hmm

" People think outside the box once in a while "

laserjim · 04/14/2007, 07:59 PM

What he said^^^^

unclereefer · 04/14/2007, 10:22 PM

Isnt't it also true that they are so efficiant at ammonia and nitrite removal that the live rock and anerobic bacteria don't have time to convert the nitrate to nitrogen gas?

samson78945 · 04/14/2007, 10:25 PM

def agree the bio balls need to be removed asap

unclereefer · 04/14/2007, 10:27 PM

I used to have the pro 75 btw.

04/14/2007, 04:23 PM	#1
Friends75helper Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Brookfield, Wisconsin Posts: 65	Friends New Wet-Dry! Proclear wet-Dry pushing 500 per hour. Very nice

04/14/2007, 04:27 PM	#2
shag26272 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 3,088	is he gonna take that pad and bioballs out? I used to have one just like that. __________________ .

04/14/2007, 04:28 PM	#3
Salamander Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Flagstaff, Arizona Posts: 2,103	Take out the balls and pads (nitrate factories) and turn it into a fuge w/ macro algae. __________________ I feel more like myself now than I did before. Current Tank Info: 120g mixed reef, 2 x 250W DE MH, 2 x 54w T5, MSX 200 SKimmer, 2 Koralia 4's, 40g fuge/sump, QT

04/14/2007, 04:43 PM	#4
drummereef Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: STL Posts: 14,754	I agree. The corals aren't going to like the bio-balls in about 3 months. __________________ -Brett 180g Marineland Starfire In-Wall 278 gallon system

04/14/2007, 05:08 PM	#6
jer77 Phish Lover Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 2,642	I definately agree with everyone, wet/dry filters are not friends with reef tanks. Also, what does he have in his canister filter? I'd take out any filter pads and bio media and just just use it for low with carbon and maybe some phosban. __________________ - Jonny -, 120g 5 Year Old Reef w/ SPS, BTA, Zoos & some Softies. 40g Frag Tank. 40g Sump. Super Reef Octopus XP 3000 External Cone Skimmer. 250W Radiums. TaoTronics LED. PanWorld 200PS w/SQWD

04/14/2007, 05:03 PM	#5
Roy G. Biv Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 3,646	Great fuge area.. After the skimmer.

04/14/2007, 05:09 PM	#7
Friends75helper Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Brookfield, Wisconsin Posts: 65	Alright, He wants to make it into a fuge w/ macro algae. So this wet-dry isnt safe with a reef?

04/14/2007, 05:10 PM	#8
Friends75helper Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Brookfield, Wisconsin Posts: 65	Expain on what to use to turn a Wet-dry into a Fuge?

04/14/2007, 06:49 PM	#9
broke1 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: IL Posts: 1,721	I can show you what I did if you PM me. I won't post it on here to avoid the ridicule.

04/14/2007, 07:43 PM	#10
DouglasTiede Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kaukauna,WI Posts: 1,018	I use to have one just like that, I tossed it and built a really nice fuge.

04/14/2007, 07:49 PM	#11
DouglasTiede Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kaukauna,WI Posts: 1,018	If I may double post.. Why all the down play on sponge filters.. I know people say that they are nitrate factories because you can "see" all that junk that gets cought in them. If you take them out and clean them then you actually remove all those nitrates!! Hasn't anyone ever used a turkey baster to blow off LR?? or taken a piece of LR and shook it under water?? What happens?? you see all that very same junk come off your LR and it floats around and resettles on what?? on LR... So, isn't it better that it gets cought in a sponge and then removed with the sponge and then the sponge is cleaned and put back?? Oh wait no more junk floating around... Hmm " People think outside the box once in a while "

04/14/2007, 07:59 PM	#12
laserjim Another Day In Paradise Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,956	What he said^^^^ __________________ Jim Current Tank Info: 430 gallon, 4 radion gen 3pro, 4 T5 bulbs, 60 inch Life Reef skimmer, Apex gold, 2 Dos dosers, ,80 gallon sump. 2 Cor pumps. 2 Ecotech MP 60 powerheads

04/14/2007, 10:22 PM	#13
unclereefer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 302	Isnt't it also true that they are so efficiant at ammonia and nitrite removal that the live rock and anerobic bacteria don't have time to convert the nitrate to nitrogen gas?

04/14/2007, 10:25 PM	#14
samson78945 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: So Cal Posts: 267	def agree the bio balls need to be removed asap

04/14/2007, 10:27 PM	#15
unclereefer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 302	I used to have the pro 75 btw.