filtration poll

there are 3 filtration methods:
biological, mechanical and chemical

which one do you use?
what do you use?
why?

 

I use all 3...

Chemical:Carbon, if people dont know why you should use carbon, they need to look it up, lol.

Biological: Wether it be liverock, bio balls, bio sponges, they all work in aiding the nitrogen cycle.

Mechanical: Filter socks and/or poly pads for physically removing debris, wether it be something that was dropped in there floating around, fish poop or excess food floating around. EDIT: I forgot to add skimmer, thats mechanical filtration too.

 

I use all 3 also,

Chemical:Carbon,
Biological: liverock
Mechanical: poly pads, removed and cleaned every 3 or 4 days.

 

All 3

Chemical-carbon
Biological-liverock and bioballs
Mechanical-filter sock

 

Yup! I also run all 3!

 

Ditto 8)

 

Triple ditto
Live rock, carbon, skimmer, phosphate reactor

Jim

 

All three and then some;D Its hard to compete with mother nature.

 

All 3

Chemical-carbon
Biological-live rock and fluidized sand filter
Mechanical-filter sock

 

ooops, I use 3. Forgot about the carbon....