stdreb27
Active Member
Originally Posted by Meadbhb
http:///forum/post/2805558
Hiya,
Not sure if this was in response to my question. They told me to remove my two bio wheels and leave the HOB on there for water flow and to move my surface. They also said to add another powerhead to add more flow. This did fix my problem, besides a couple weekends of 30+ gallon water changes. I did add some phospad to the HOB to help control phosphates. Would it be a good idea to put some rubble in there for more bacteria to live on? I've got plenty of that, but no money to buy more LR.
Meadbhb/Kim
I was asking the original poster. However, to answer your question, personally I think in sw HOB filters are basically useless. Except for scrubbing the water collumn. Personally I also wouldn't bother putting rubble in the hob. In all reality the filters in the hob will grow bacteria on them. The biowheels won't hurt anything, other than they'll get a bunch of salt creep on them. Bio-wheels are set up for biological filtration not for mechanical filtration. They aren't going to cause any problems with nitrates, especially in that large of a tank. (the reason I don't think they will do anything is because of the mass) however, if that is your only filtration on the tank. I'd think that your problem is that you just have a hob filter on it. Personally, I've seen a lot of tank that are lightly loaded just have a skimmer (a form of mechanical filtration) lots of flow, and a bit more liverock.
As for flow your hob filter turns over what 300 gph? That is a drop in the bucket of a 50 gallon tank.
http:///forum/post/2805558
Hiya,
Not sure if this was in response to my question. They told me to remove my two bio wheels and leave the HOB on there for water flow and to move my surface. They also said to add another powerhead to add more flow. This did fix my problem, besides a couple weekends of 30+ gallon water changes. I did add some phospad to the HOB to help control phosphates. Would it be a good idea to put some rubble in there for more bacteria to live on? I've got plenty of that, but no money to buy more LR.
Meadbhb/Kim
I was asking the original poster. However, to answer your question, personally I think in sw HOB filters are basically useless. Except for scrubbing the water collumn. Personally I also wouldn't bother putting rubble in the hob. In all reality the filters in the hob will grow bacteria on them. The biowheels won't hurt anything, other than they'll get a bunch of salt creep on them. Bio-wheels are set up for biological filtration not for mechanical filtration. They aren't going to cause any problems with nitrates, especially in that large of a tank. (the reason I don't think they will do anything is because of the mass) however, if that is your only filtration on the tank. I'd think that your problem is that you just have a hob filter on it. Personally, I've seen a lot of tank that are lightly loaded just have a skimmer (a form of mechanical filtration) lots of flow, and a bit more liverock.
As for flow your hob filter turns over what 300 gph? That is a drop in the bucket of a 50 gallon tank.
