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Like rock rubble?I still have my custom built wet dry trickle filter in the sump. I guess dry live rock now the recommended way to go. Any suggestions for swapping the bioballs with something else?
I would go with ceramic bio-balls or blocks.I still have my custom built wet dry trickle filter in the sump. I guess dry live rock now the recommended way to go. Any suggestions for swapping the bioballs with something else?
Dry rock doesn't have the porosity of ceramic media.I think dry rock will sustain the same nutrient mechanisms as the bioballs, in the same oxygen rich environment. Meaning the rock, if placed in your wet dry will act very similar to your bio balls by processing ammonia quickly to nitrite, and will do little for denitrification.
I think replacing them with rock (or anything) would be a waste of money.
What's got you attached to the wet/dry?
Why are you thinking of replacing the bioballs?I still have my custom built wet dry trickle filter in the sump. I guess dry live rock now the recommended way to go. Any suggestions for swapping the bioballs with something else?
I won't run a tank without it. It is literally the most porous pumice on the planet. It does do better in a reactor than in a bag.Seachem Matrix. I have used this pumice like material in sump tanks for Bio filtration for about 8 years now with extremely good results.
Your face is overrated!!!I think porosity is over rated
Bio-balls are a problem.The fluval bio-fx media looks interesting as well and you get a lot more for the money than matrix IIRC.
OP, are you trying to correct a problem or are you just changing it because you think you should?
He's managing nitrates with a sulphur denitrator so not a problem.Bio-balls are a problem.
Put a small light on that LR in and algae will grow on it, it's like a little scrubber.Im thinking of changing the bio balls out so that maybe I can improve efficiency of the biological process but ideally live rock in the main tank would have been the solution. I just dont want to swap decorations