xenia filter?

[jenate20]

has anyone seen a setup using just xenia as a filter , ive heard a couple stories about people using xenia as afilter instead of protein skimmers ande haveing phenomonal suucess because the xenia doesnt take out the good stuff that protein skimmers do.

 

[playa0069u]

sounds like a good idea a tank full of xenia looks awesome anyways lol

 

[mflamb]

I have read about this in a magazine. I'll see if I can find it.
Mike

 

[jenate20]

seemed like an interesting concept to me i know that xenia do filter out nitrates but also know that xenia dont grow well under high nitrate coniditions

 

[playa0069u]

I typed in xenia filter and got TONS of stuff. Try it man.

 

[waldomas]

Won't most any invertebrate help to maintain the water quality?

 

[ladyfsu]

BOOM!!! ...another thing for me to test at school! We are setting up the sumps right now. I think I'll have a xenia along with a refugium in it. One less skimmer to try to find/buy.

 

[gatorolsen]

from observations in my tank - right after having to move an established tank and sandbed, i had a couple of nitrate spikes and while my other corals just looked a bit sad the xenia and mushrooms spread much quicker and just looked fuller

just my unscientific 2 cents

gatorolsen