Bio Balls, yes or no?

hi all, finally going to get some water in my tank and was wondering if i should start the tank up with no balls in the wetdry or leave them in, i also have a 15 gallon fuge on the setup(diy) and the wetdry is a aqua pro 125, the tank is a 72 bow, my return pump is a rio 2100, the tank will have dry sand and base rock to start with,what would you guys do?

 

IMO, i dont really like bioball becasue of the detritus it collect

here is a little light read for you

http://www.3reef.com/forums/refugium/refugium-bioballs-43919.html

 

I would forgo them personally unless I had a fish only tank with some serious piscinivores or something....dirty fish if you will that produce a lot of waste.

Good luck

 

im more confuised now that i was with the other thread, my tank goes to the fuge first then the wetdry, shouldnt most of the dirt get traped there? (in the fuge)?

 

I've used them to kickstart cycles then pulled them and replaced with rubble but I typically don't use wet/dry setups so I'm not expert on the matter.

 

I don't use them. Even with pre-filters, junk gets in your sump. If the water also goes through bio-balls, it is just another place for it to get trapped, and rot.

 

thanks, keep the thoughts coming please.....

 

Can you use base rock rubble or should it be live rock rubble