HOB Filter Question

I have a Standard HOB Aqueon 30 on my 20 Gallon long. I have seen some Videos / Pictures where people stuff different items in there to help Water quality etc. I currently have the standard filter along with a small sock with a 3 spoon fulls of Activated Charcoal. Any tips/Ideas etc

Thank you

 

Good question - I have an Aqua C Remora HOB and was wondering if i can add some charcoal into it somewhere.

If so, i just want to be sure i place it in the right chamber

Let's see what the pros say!

 

as long as it's getting slow to moderate flow it doesn't really matter.

Sometimes I keep it in my skimmer and sometimes I keep it in an HOB filter (that has no filters in it actually).

 

Thank you for your response how ever i am trying to figure out what is good to keep in the HOB Filter w/ a 20 gallon long Reef.

 

Jcaudillo

how much rock have you got in this 20 long reef?
how much water movement have you got
are you running a skimmer, if so what type?

depending on the answers to the above questions - then chemical media like carbon of purigen or chemi pure or GFO ( if you dont have sump/ reactor combo)

basically if you have enough rock, enouch water movement and a good skimmer then you dont need any biological capabilities in a HOB or cannister filter for that matter
so using them as a means for housing and running chemical media is ideal IME

Steve

 

Thank you very much for your reply Steve. I have about 20 pounds of live rock, 20-30 pounds of live sand i plan on getting more live rock in time. I do have a Skimmer you can see a Video here of my set up www.youtube.com/joshuacaudillo the skimmer is a Tunze 9002 nano skimmer rated to 52 gallons and a Koralia pump number 2 which pumps 600gph the HOB Filter alone is 200gph so totally turning 800gph within the tank alone not including the Skimmer if there is even a ghp turn over on it.

 

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