clarkiiboi
Active Member
I have a year and a half old 75 gal. with a coral beauty, chromis, sebea clown (juvi), naso tang (about 3") and a spotted cardinal. Please no tang police---I have a 150 starting. LR and LS, clean up crew, protein skimmer and powerheads. Also some corals (leather and polyps).
Question is I have a not so great filter, but it has done me well over the last year or so. It is a whisper 3, and I rarely run the carbon bags (only if the there is a chance the water will get cloudy, ie., rearranging rocks and then I remove shortly after). I have left the black filter in front of this in, and rarely every clean these. Now my LFS said that this holds the "good" bacteria for the tank to strive. Is this true? Should I just remove this also and use the filter (empty) for water movement? Thus using the LR and LS as the filter? Lastly--could this be the source of my trAtes being noticable (20)? I think I know the answers, but wanted some feedback for all of you. Thanks.
Question is I have a not so great filter, but it has done me well over the last year or so. It is a whisper 3, and I rarely run the carbon bags (only if the there is a chance the water will get cloudy, ie., rearranging rocks and then I remove shortly after). I have left the black filter in front of this in, and rarely every clean these. Now my LFS said that this holds the "good" bacteria for the tank to strive. Is this true? Should I just remove this also and use the filter (empty) for water movement? Thus using the LR and LS as the filter? Lastly--could this be the source of my trAtes being noticable (20)? I think I know the answers, but wanted some feedback for all of you. Thanks.