biobale

m3rcury · 04/03/2006, 02:00 AM

hey folks,

so, i have this 40 breeder that is getting set up as a reef tank.

as of right now, it has a 250w MH pendant, a bak pak2 skimmer/filter and a penguin sponge filter for some water circulation (my next purchases are more powerheads).

anyway, i just added 60 pounds of established live rock (from a guy's tank who has had it up and running for over a year) and there is a coral beauty and a flame hawkfish in my tank right now. i would like to start slowly adding some corals (easy stuff to begin with), but have heard that the biobale stuff in the bak pak can generate a lot of nitrate.

should i take the biobale out?

thanks folks. this is a fun adventure.

kau_cinta_ku · 04/03/2006, 03:08 AM

yep take it out as it will become a nitrate factory.

m3rcury · 04/03/2006, 11:23 AM

awesome. thanks for the advice.

04/03/2006, 02:00 AM	#1
m3rcury Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 325	biobale hey folks, so, i have this 40 breeder that is getting set up as a reef tank. as of right now, it has a 250w MH pendant, a bak pak2 skimmer/filter and a penguin sponge filter for some water circulation (my next purchases are more powerheads). anyway, i just added 60 pounds of established live rock (from a guy's tank who has had it up and running for over a year) and there is a coral beauty and a flame hawkfish in my tank right now. i would like to start slowly adding some corals (easy stuff to begin with), but have heard that the biobale stuff in the bak pak can generate a lot of nitrate. should i take the biobale out? thanks folks. this is a fun adventure.

04/03/2006, 03:08 AM	#2
kau_cinta_ku Moved On Join Date: May 2005 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,669	yep take it out as it will become a nitrate factory.

04/03/2006, 11:23 AM	#3
m3rcury Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 325	awesome. thanks for the advice.