Bio Balls
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drewsta
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If the bio balls stay fully submerged you shouldn't have a problem, however if they become un-submerged the bacteria that grows on them could die and therefor start a new cycle in your tank. I say lose em no matter what kind of tank. Throw them out the window and run over them with your car
If you have plenty of filters ie. every pump has a filter, your live rock acts as filtration, and 100lbs of live sand good lord that will also act as filtration. so lose the balls!! :hilarious
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thomas712
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Somebody tie me down!
Look up posts about bio balls with my name Thomas712, read till your eyes pop!
General consensus is:
fish only and fowler, you can leave them.
Reef depending on what your setup is like your choice leave them or remove them.
I don't know what it is but I do tend to get carried away with the bio ball subject, no disrespect intended.
Thomas
Look up posts about bio balls with my name Thomas712, read till your eyes pop!
General consensus is:
fish only and fowler, you can leave them.
Reef depending on what your setup is like your choice leave them or remove them.
I don't know what it is but I do tend to get carried away with the bio ball subject, no disrespect intended.
Thomas
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thomas712
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Originally Posted by Drewsta
If the bio balls stay fully submerged you shouldn't have a problem, however if they become un-submerged the bacteria that grows on them could die and therefor start a new cycle in your tank.
Drewsta ~ you don't understand bio balls at all, they were meant to be out of the water, it is the dry portion of a Wet/Dry. The water is suposed to trickle over them, the bacteria then process the water as they cascade over them. They simply are not meant to be submerged unless your attempting something to quiet water down.
Unless I missed your meaning about them being out of the water?
Thomas
If the bio balls stay fully submerged you shouldn't have a problem, however if they become un-submerged the bacteria that grows on them could die and therefor start a new cycle in your tank.
Drewsta ~ you don't understand bio balls at all, they were meant to be out of the water, it is the dry portion of a Wet/Dry. The water is suposed to trickle over them, the bacteria then process the water as they cascade over them. They simply are not meant to be submerged unless your attempting something to quiet water down.
Unless I missed your meaning about them being out of the water?
Thomas
conch
Member
I myself use lufa rock (I think that is what it's called) a man made lava rock type thing. In stead of Bio ball have been using it for almost 3 years now. I think it provides a tun more surface area then Bio balls, I have also heard of using crushed live rock as well.
just my 2 cents
just my 2 cents
phixer
Active Member
Have a friend who can get me a trickle filter really cheap. Have never used one before but am considering it with a FOWLR Im setting up this summer. Is there any other way to effectively lower the elevated Nitrate levels produced by one of these other than more water changes?
granny
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Lots of ways-A denitrex box packed with Nitrex, a functioning deep sand bed, a refugium or all of the above!! plus the old, feed lightly, siphon off detritus, harvest plant growth-work full time on the tank and never do anything else in life (this is what I do-work and work on my tanks)