What to put in my media basket

[Marouette21]

Hello,
I have a nano tank (Fluval evo 13,5) with a clown, a bicolor blenny and cleaning crew. I have a media basket and I put on it Chemi-pure elite, Purigen, Rowa Phos and floss. Before command all that again, I want to be sure I use the right products... You know, I'm a newbie and I'm not sure what each product doing. Do I use the right ones? An other one would be better to replace one of these? Thanks

 

[RobZilla04]

Are you aware what each of these filters are and what they do? You may be over doing it without knowing what filtration your water requires. For example if you don't have a phosphate problem there is no need to constantly use and replace Rowa Phos IMO.

 

[mcgyvr]

Chemipure = basically similar to carbon from what I understand..
Chemipure elite = carbon + GFO (granular ferric oxide.. )
Purigen = nitrogen binder resin supposedly.
Rowaphos = GFO

As stated GFO is for those with a phosphate problem.. If you don't have a phosphate problem then don't use GFO.. So don't use CP elite or ROWA.. but CP regular is fine..

Carbon/Chemipure is effective at DOC (dissolved organic compound) removal/absorption.

In general though with such a small tank IMO you are just throwing money down the drain with all of those products.. And even with a larger tank they don't seem to be of any real benefit and IMO certainly don't justify the cost for them..

Water changes alone are simple and very effective and all you need..

I do personally run plain old carbon though in my tank but only because I have soft corals that are known to leak some toxins (terpenoids) into the tank that may bother/kill other types of corals so its really a "hopeful preventative measure" and supposedly carbon can help remove/reduce said toxins
But I wouldn't run any of the "media" you do just based on cost and little proof that it really does anything or justifies the cost.

 

[Marouette21]

OK. What would be a good option to put in my media basket? More physical filtration like biofilter media?

 

[crawlerman]

Your rocks should be all of the bio filtration you need. You can run carbon. Test for phosphates and run Rowaphos as needed.

 

[mcgyvr]

OK. What would be a good option to put in my media basket? More physical filtration like biofilter media?

If anything I would use the typical ceramic media in it (siporax,etc...)

 

[der_wille_zur_macht]

I would do the same. Or just leave it empty - that way, if you have an emergency and need to run specific media, you have a place ready.

 

[scooter31707]

Siporax or Matrix