Enough Filtration
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Should be alright; depends on how much biological media you can put in the tower. If your using bio balls, it is recommended you use approximately 1 gallon of media per 45-60 gallons of water; depending upon bio load. I'm sure if you fill up the tower on your megaflow with biomedia and let the nitrifying bacteria establish, you won't have any problems with ammonia or nitrite.
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Thanks for the replies.
As far as bioballs go. I have heard both, they are good and they are bad. have heard they can cause high nitrates after a while. Do you recommend the bioballs? If not, should I replace them with anything, or just leave the space empty?
Again, thanks for the quick replies.
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Thanks for the replies.
As far as bioballs go. I have heard both, they are good and they are bad. have heard they can cause high nitrates after a while. Do you recommend the bioballs? If not, should I replace them with anything, or just leave the space empty?
Again, thanks for the quick replies.
Any biomedia for a wet/dry filter is going to create nitrates. Biomedia just supplies a pourous surface for aerobic nitrifing bacteria to flourish, wether it be bioballs, biobale, biowheels, etc. Nitrates are the by product of the nitrogen cycle. Ammonia is broken down into nitrite, nitrite is broken down into nitrate via aerobic bacteria. If you have some nitrates, you know your filter is working. If you have excessively high nitrates it could indicate overfeeding or an undersized filter. Most invertabrates as well as fish will not be affected by nitrates unless they are present in large amounts, however ammonia and nitrite are toxic. If you would like to remove nitrates, regular water changes are the most practical solution. You can also build a plenum in order to host anaerobic nitrifying bacteria which will break down nitrates into a gas (sorry, don't know what type of gas); other than that there are some expensive filtration systems to remove nitrates. I'm not assuming you don't know this, however, just wanted to give you a thorough response just in case you didn't already have any of this info.
My biggest fear with using that sump on a 75 would be the storage capacity of it. What if the power goes out? Will it be able to hold all the water that drains down? I have a megaflow 3 on my 75 because of that and also, the additional water incorporated into the system (more water is always better imo).
I don't know if you are interested, but I have two sumps in storage right now that I could let go of. I'm not sure how much water the MF1 holds, but the two that I have are probably equivalent to the MF3 and they have 200 micron filter bags which REALLY do a great job at catching "junk" so it doesn't return back to the display. PM me if interested. I don't plan on using them again because I don't have a tank to use them on. They would probably be offered up at the OMS sale if I still have them at that time.
I don't know if you are interested, but I have two sumps in storage right now that I could let go of. I'm not sure how much water the MF1 holds, but the two that I have are probably equivalent to the MF3 and they have 200 micron filter bags which REALLY do a great job at catching "junk" so it doesn't return back to the display. PM me if interested. I don't plan on using them again because I don't have a tank to use them on. They would probably be offered up at the OMS sale if I still have them at that time.
There isn't a whole lot that hasn't been said already... but the size of the sump wont matter as much as many people think (for biological filtration) in many systems because the Live Rock and Sand will provide much more surface area for bacteria than most sumps can. However just as LANMan said, I would worry about a sump that size overflowing during any sort of power outage. There is usually a good bit of water that will drain back down into the sump after the power goes out.
Rick
PS. Nitrates break down into O2 (oxygen) and N2 (Nitrogen) both of which bubble to the surface and into the air.
Rick
PS. Nitrates break down into O2 (oxygen) and N2 (Nitrogen) both of which bubble to the surface and into the air.
