mark97r6
New member
Hey guys,
The breeding set up is coming together. Well more like the ideas are coming together and collection of equipment and things.
Starting small probebly about 6 tanks with a central sump, though i am struggleing on the filtration side! I have always just relyed on the LR in my reefs(never tried FO).
Though i am wanting to shy away from the rock a little on the breeding system. Mainly due to cost and available space.
I am thinking filter socks on down pipes, a large skimmer - possibly running Ozone! thoughts on this?
Algae bed, and i am thinking of runningg the water down through a trickle filter. Here i am clueless where to start!
How do i go about making a trickle filter? How big does it have to be? Which media would people reccomend?
Anything else people would suggest adding to the filtering side? Would people still have a LR portion of sump?
I am looking at around 240ish gallons, but i want to be able to add to the system if possible.
Thanks for any and help guys
Mark
The breeding set up is coming together. Well more like the ideas are coming together and collection of equipment and things.
Starting small probebly about 6 tanks with a central sump, though i am struggleing on the filtration side! I have always just relyed on the LR in my reefs(never tried FO).
Though i am wanting to shy away from the rock a little on the breeding system. Mainly due to cost and available space.
I am thinking filter socks on down pipes, a large skimmer - possibly running Ozone! thoughts on this?
Algae bed, and i am thinking of runningg the water down through a trickle filter. Here i am clueless where to start!
How do i go about making a trickle filter? How big does it have to be? Which media would people reccomend?
Anything else people would suggest adding to the filtering side? Would people still have a LR portion of sump?
I am looking at around 240ish gallons, but i want to be able to add to the system if possible.
Thanks for any and help guys
Mark
What I mean is don't beat yourself up trying to figure out the best or most efficient bio-filter, if you've got balls, use 'em 
If you have bio-wheels, sand filters, hair curlers or lava rock use that 
With so may people converting f/o systems to reef/ lr tanks it is easy to pick up wet/dry filters, fbf filters or bio-wheels dirt cheap. Maybe you have a ton of scrap "eggcrate" lying around, layer that with window screen in between each sheet and viola, a bio-filter. Just use your imagination 
