Newbie looking for some help

I have a sealife system wet dry. i about to setup a 90 gallon reef tank, and reading up I notice that the bio balls are not a good idea. Is there a way anyone can give me an idea what i can do to convert it to a fuge or something useable. Thanks a lot

 

I disagree about the bio balls, I had my wet/dry with bio balls(bb) going on 9yrs now and they work fine.

 

you've gotta clean them before they get nasty, right Luna??

 

To be very honest, I did clean them once but only b/c I was trying to narrow down the root of my no3 problem. I finally narrowed it down to my sponges and filter pads. I went from 20ppm to 5-10ppm just by cleaning them on a weekly basis. And my no3 "problem" is not considered to be a problem in the first place. I was cleaning them only once a month. I know ppl who have bb's for over 15 yrs WITHOUT ever cleaning them. I dont know why bb's have such a bad wrap.

 

The old LFS I went to in Kissimmee used them on all the tanks and their stuff was always good. I thought about setting it up when I first did mine, but the filter was cheaper.(at that time)

 

My preference is to use live rock as a replacement for the bioballs!

 

theres nothing worse than dirty blue balls

 

have to aggree there. So on my unit I have a picture of should I place the live rock on top of teh white screen where the bio balls once were? I realize there is tons of work starting out in this hobby but I am tring to get mother natures help as much as possible

 

if your gonna use LR take out the eggcrate and place the LR on the bottom up to the drip plate

 

Was that a "no pun intented" or "pun intented" LMAO