live rock vs bioballs
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atwinparadox2
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Live rock for sure...
shaginwagon13
Chartered Accountant
LR is the best....it has bennificial bacteria as you already know that will add to the health of your system. The more LR you can have the better so putting it in your sump is very common.
Bio-balls trap and hold dirt, food, etc and become a nitrate trap over time.
Bio-balls trap and hold dirt, food, etc and become a nitrate trap over time.
tastingSalty
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Live rock. It's expensive i know, but the many benefits of LR FAR outweigh any benefits of bioballs.
jenglish
Marquis de Carabas
my vote is for neither. LR rubble is going to have many of the same drawbacks as bioballs. A good sized chunk can have low oxygen zones for de-nitrification but the rubble is not. If you have plenty of LR in your display then a sump is better running empty than filled w/ rubble IMO
I actually don't know that many people that still run LR in their sumps unless they have very large bioloads or very minimal aquascapes. There gets to be a point of diminishing marginal returns on LR where there is not added benefit and you are merely decreasing your water volume. my .02
I actually don't know that many people that still run LR in their sumps unless they have very large bioloads or very minimal aquascapes. There gets to be a point of diminishing marginal returns on LR where there is not added benefit and you are merely decreasing your water volume. my .02
Skeptic_07
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I vote for cheato and a fluorescent light.
LR in a sump will trap as much crap as anything else. A piece or two is ok and useful for making frags and whatnot but filling a whole chamber with LR is a no-no. You'd be better off with a few floating bioballs than a whole bunch of LR.
LR in a sump will trap as much crap as anything else. A piece or two is ok and useful for making frags and whatnot but filling a whole chamber with LR is a no-no. You'd be better off with a few floating bioballs than a whole bunch of LR.
Skeptic_07
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lmaop
cheato!
cheato!
No problem. I merged your double post Baby.
