red sea max additional filtration

hey guys im runnning a red sea max 130 its been going a while and i dont have any problems but i was curious about ways i could add filtration i was thinking of a canister filter but losing all the filter sponge and adding loading it with some form of bio material such as ceramic noodles. would this be a bad idea? would it benifit in anyway

 

anything that adds to your water volume is a good thing, as for a canister make sure you do weekly maintnens, canister filters are known as nitrate factories. swich out the carbon for some rubble rock if you could.

 

I have a 10 Gal sump/fuge on my RSM with chaeto, sand bed, and LR rubble. I have my skimmer located in the sump as well. I don't have any mechanical filtration at all and my water is crystal clear, even better than my 110 Gal.

 

why do you think you need more filtration?

 

what sort of overflow do you use? do you have any pics?

 

just wanting to add more volume to my water capacity, and more livestocks eventually

 

My overflow is a Lifereef, the guy does very nice work and I also bought the modified cover from him. I'll post some pics of my setup from home later.

 

i would add a sump or fuge. no canister.

 

I did the DIY sump/fuge on a 10 Gal tank I already had and some Acrylic from HD. It's really easy to to. I have a coralife 65 skimmer which I used as a HOB on my sump to clear up space in the 10 Gal. I had a sand bed and chaeto with copepods growing like crazy, I also has LR rubble in the inlet chamber. I was getting a lot of algae growth in the sump and it was a PIA to clean so I stripped all of it out. I didn't realize how important this sump had become until I had removed it. It's a good thing I didn't throw the tank out because I miss having it so it's going back.

 

thanks for the info, i have a few smaller tanks sitting about so i might have to start some experimentation, not that im not happy with everything now, i just like trying new things