twoobem
New Member
I am confused about why a wet/dry filter is bad in a reef tank. I understand that a wet/dry quickly converts the first two parts of the nitrogen cycle (ammonia and nitrite) to nitrate and that LR will do the same altough not as quickly and will handle less bio load. Deep in the DSB and LR will also convert nitrate to gas and bubble out of my tank and some of the plants and algae will use the nitrate as a food source )does a wet/dry stop this process?).
Why is any of this bad with a wet/dry filter? Doesn't this give me more capacity in the tank and help compensate for stupid moves like overfeeding.
Why is any of this bad with a wet/dry filter? Doesn't this give me more capacity in the tank and help compensate for stupid moves like overfeeding.