Nitrate problem with 29g, last post..

Discussion in 'Show Off Your Fish Tanks!' started by Zoanthids21, Jan 17, 2011.

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  1. TheSaltwaterGuy

    TheSaltwaterGuy Banned

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    the biocube comes with the plastic bioballs
     
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  2. Zoanthids21

    Zoanthids21 McKoscker’s Flasher Wrasse

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    No, I am trying to aquire the one made for the biocube, but cant seem to find it..
     
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  3. Zoban

    Zoban Skunk Shrimp

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    Okies .. Not sure then at this point.. Still fairly new at SW myself..

    Just applying what I have read on 3reef here, and know from my FW background.
     
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  4. TheSaltwaterGuy

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    wait those ceramic rings are bad? i thought they were good filter media actually
     
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  5. Zoban

    Zoban Skunk Shrimp

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    They are for a short term but then fill with gunk and release nitrates. Live rock or even dry rock for that matter is a better option. More pourous and will become live if it was dry/base.

    Took me a bit to get my head around that too as I am used to using them in cannisters for my FW tanks. Lotta reading both here and other online sources all point that it's a bad idea. Less I read it wrong each time.
     
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  6. Kevin3884

    Kevin3884 Tassled File Fish

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    any bioballs are nitrate factories IME
     
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  7. bvb-etf-luva

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    ceramic rings are the best in place of bio balls, they are like little pieces of live rock, so how could live rock be better?
     
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  8. Zoanthids21

    Zoanthids21 McKoscker’s Flasher Wrasse

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    Yeah, i thot someone would say that..Is it better to take them out? i have nothing in there for filtration if i do..
     
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  9. Zoban

    Zoban Skunk Shrimp

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    ./shrug

    Just what I read..
     
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  10. bvb-etf-luva

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    it would be better for you to gather some rocks from outside and use them as media then keep the bioballs in, in other words, take them out.
     
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