Wet/Dry Question

[sal t. nutz]

In my wet/dry, how far up the bioball chamber do I want to have water? I know all about the flooding and what not, I don't mean to fill it to that extreme. But do I want only like an inch of bioballs covered, half way? or do I want to cover as much as possible without it being too full to cause an overflow in a power outage?

 

[mr . salty]

As full as possible is best.Of corse this level will fluctuate daily with evaporation,but try to keep it topped off and you will be fine...

 

[slothy]

well mine had a water line sticker/line in it... make sure ya pull the plug and do a "power out" situation and make sure ya dont have too much in there to the point it overflows when the tank drains into it, while the pump is off..

 

[shadow678]

Rather than going with typical bio-pin balls, might I suggest you get some FilStar Bio-Chem Stars. They are MUCH more efficient than typical balls, as 4 stars handles 20 gallons of water. Meaning if you have 20 balls in your wet/dry, it can handle a 100-gallon tank. This also eliminates the water height adjustment, as they are designed to float to increase air diffusion into the stars. No hassle, very high efficiency. I use them in all my tanks and I am VERY pleased.

 

[mb4000]

Shadow. Have you done a test or something to validate that Bio-chem stars are more efficient than bioballs, or is it what the box says? Bioballs will work submerged or not submerged so i would just run the level of water to where you could go a day or to without topoff and not worry about running your pump dry or flooding.

 

[mr . salty]

Balls work as well submerged as they do not.By the time the water gets to the submerged ones it has been aggitated enough to airate it......