Bio Balls or Live Rock & How Much ??

I have a 90 gal reef and a 20 gal sump soon to be 55. I have around 150 lbs of live rock. Shuld I remove the bio balls and or add more LR ?

 

That's likely more than enough LR. If you add any more (depending on how porous the LR is) you might run into flow problems.

 

Right on., But shuld I remove the bio balls? and how much rock shuld go in the sump?

 

Aquascape your tank in a way that is attractive. Whatever is left over goes in the sump. Pre-filter your bioballs and don't worry about them becoming nitrate factories....just make sure you clean your pre-filter often.

 

I always have problems with bioballs. You do have to clean them. By the time I would remember to clean them, I would see rises in my nitrates. When you have enough lr, you do not need the extra bioload and you do not need to clean the lr.

 

OK so a cylinder spung abound my skimmer drain shuld so ?

 

I myself would much rather have the added oxygenation the bio balls allow then deal with any NO3 if and when they ever sprung up I ran Bio Ball for yrs never had a NO3 problem..And Dissolve 02 saturation at maximum levels all the time..

 

Thank you all for the imput its two weeks before I finish my 55 gal sump and my 75 lbs of LR is finished cureing. So I want to get my facts straight.

 

Just a look at what im working with