What type of filtration do you have?

[Bret61081]

I've been using a wet/dry on my reef since I set it up a year and a half ago, but the more I read it, I am thinking thats where the majority of my nitrates are coming from. I do a 10G water change once a week and they still stay around 20. before I set up my refugium they were around 40-80! I even read where you are ment to clean the bioballs every 2-3 months to remove debris but that doesnt really change anything. I am wondering if I should just pull the wet/dry and put another 10Gtank down there with filter floss and a bigger skimmer or just deal with with nitrates where they are!

 

[eckrynock]

Get rid of the nitrate factory! Remove a quarter of the bioballs everyweek. Do you have enought live rock to do the job when the bioballs are gone? Keep the fuge running and add a bigger skimmer.

 

[Ludwigia73]

ditto eck's response. Although I've seen a couple of tanks with bioballs that do well, most with bioballs are infested with algae.

 

[nyvp]

i was wondering. there are a lot of other options beside wet/dry

Many use the skimmer as the main cleaner of the tank and the Rock/ sand / Refuge as the basics I would think nowadays

 

[bawla47]

skimmer and fuge on 100 gallon tank, nothing on my 30 gal, but im working on building a sump so i can add a fuge and skimmer.

 

[whaler1582]

Only a refugium here, not a spot of any algae anywhere except for the brown and green crap on the glass, even going through the rock curing process and cycle. no skimmer either and nitrates stay at 10-15 with monthly water changes and a few fish in a 100 reef of 7 months.
Josh