Polyfilter - Can I get away with this?

[WatDatThing]

As you all know, my tank is a month old. The params have been stable for 2 weeks without a water change since cycling.

0 ammonia/nitrite/phosphate
20 ppm nitrate
9 alk
420 cal
1.025 salinity

I think the nitrate level will go down when I do a 10% wc this weekend.

I stopped by a lfs yesterday and saw a pretty rainbow anemone. Questions:

1) Can I get away with having an anemone in such a young tank with the help of polyfilter to keep ammonia spike in check?

2) When using a polyfilter, does the carbon goes before the polyfilter?

The guy at that lfs doesn't know what a polyfilter is. He does tank maintenance for a living and has limited livestock and corals.

 

[CrayolaViolence]

I would not put a new in a tank that young unless you have a lot of experience with them and know some sort of trick to keep them alive.

 

[CrayolaViolence]

P.s. on the polyfilter and carbon positioning. Not sure it matters as long as the water moves through both.

 

[zsuman101]

As you all know, my tank is a month old. The params have been stable for 2 weeks without a water change since cycling.

0 ammonia/nitrite/phosphate
20 ppm nitrate
9 alk
420 cal
1.025 salinity

I think the nitrate level will go down when I do a 10% wc this weekend.

I stopped by a lfs yesterday and saw a pretty rainbow anemone. Questions:

1) Can I get away with having an anemone in such a young tank with the help of polyfilter to keep ammonia spike in check?

2) When using a polyfilter, does the carbon goes before the polyfilter?

The guy at that lfs doesn't know what a polyfilter is. He does tank maintenance for a living and has limited livestock and corals.

find another lfs... quick

 

[Sk8r]

Go online. And re your original question, put carbon first in the stream, because if your PolyFilter (which is expensive) gets clogged with organics (which carbon also handles) it's worthless. Polyfilter is for absorbing metals and other contaminants, and if you don't have such, you don't need Polyfilter: just keep some on hand in case.

 

[tkeracer619]

I would not add an anemone at this stage.