I got 75 % done

[gasman059]

Recently decided to upgrade my sump and skimmer to etss and sump/fuge and after various months of waiting and laziness finally got my buddy home today took a day off and we r skimming baby. Its a great thing to see this skimmer clean the sh i t out of my tank :eek1:
Anyways still have to hook up my geo and will be ready to roll in sps country again. BTW where can i get some culepra and /or chaeto for my fuge/will b getting a couple of rocks tomorow for it. Here's some pics enjoy/ I know I am LOL:rollface: :rollface:

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[chrisaggie]

I can bring cheato to the party if you are going.

 

[gasman059]

Thanks but I'm working so/ hopefully big al's for me LOL

 

[gasman059]

here's d rest

here's d rest

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[chrisaggie]

why the bio balls? maybe noise reduction?

 

[gasman059]

def noise/ any other reason why not?
They were in my previous sump and tranferred them for some bacteria and wat not.
THE maine reason was noise. Plus to try to eliminate some microbubble that where driving me insane

 

[chrisaggie]

If you do a search on bio balls you will find a lot of info. It was a hot topic a year or two back. Many people feel that bio balls increase nitrates in a tank. This is mainly because they catch debris that would otherwise by filtered or skimmed out and then this material breaks down into nitrates, phosphates, etc.

 

[chrisaggie]

BTW, the setup is looking great! I'm sure your tank is going to look killer in time.

 

[gasman059]

thanks man i'm hooking up my reactor this week and probably getting some frags from coralnursery- he certainly has some nice frag and good pricing. Perhaps I get my hands on a few colonies LOL
I've really had no problems with nitrtaes on this setup. So hopefully the amount of bioballs that i placed is minimal and should not affect this.

 

[Miamireefer]

if you do wish to get rid of them you can have the water cycle through them to add that bacteria to your water column and slowly remove them every few days. thwater drain can be delivered under water level and simply add a 90 elbow so you have no back pressue ......whisper quiet and is what i did on the nano......same concept for any size tank...your choice of course....and if you choose, you can add a ball valve to reduce flow so your fuge is 100% effective (3-5X turnover).

good job so far man!!

Nick

 

[gasman059]

The flow thru my fuge is minimal maybe 3x6 and seems to be workin great. Thnaks for the input will b eliminatin them in the future if there's some issues.