Wet dry

[reefNetWork]

What exactly does wet dry filter mean? i dont really get it. what part is dry?

 

[reefNetWork]

common some one knows. is it that dumb of a question? haha

 

[MCary]

Wet/dry means the biological filter is dry, not really, but its not submerged. Water is sprayed or dripped over the media which is kept above the water level. What this does is highly oxygenate the water, allowing a perfect environment for nitrospira bacteria, which are super efficient at reducing ammonia, unfortunately that efficiency results in high nitrate. So it fell out of favor.

Mike

 

[reefNetWork]

so what is the other option for a filter? refugium?

 

[MCary]

The best filters are a good skimmer and >1 pound of liverock per gallon. If you have this and good circulation your covered.

Refugiums are good for copepod/amphipod production and nitrate reduction from macroalgae (seaweed, calerpa, chaeto)

Mike

 

[ReefEze]

reefNetWork -- Allow me to suggest using the search button on the top of the forum, or simply searching google. There is loads of imformation about this kind of stuff.

HTH

 

[reefNetWork]

i have a wet dry filter but i use live rock and filter pads. should i get rid of the pads and add more live rock?

here is a picture

 

[ReefEze]

Yeah get rid of those pads, unless you plan on cleaning them completely every week or so. You could add a sock for mechanical filtration, but there have to be cleaned regularily to prevent them from becoming nitate factories.

How much live rock is actually in the tank? If you have enough, you don't need any in the sump.

 

[MCary]

Your good. Your not really using a wet dry. Just the sump of a wet dry. Looks like some more LR in your tank wouldn't hurt, but if you like the look and don't run into nitrate problems you should be good to go.

Nice job. Decent skimmer, no bioballs.

Mike

 

[reefNetWork]

i have about 70-80 pounds in the tank and 40 in the sump. definately no bio balls. im gonna take all the padding i have in my sump and over flow.

 

[reefNetWork]

here is a more recent shot of tank and sump

 

[ReefEze]

Very nice. Get rid of that mechanical filtration and you should be set. You might want to keep the pad in your overflow in there, and just clean it out weekly to trap detritus.