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Bio-Balls support the colonization of nitrifying bacteria (good).
But detritus gets trapped in/on them, leading to high nitrates (bad).
Therefore, Bio-Balls require maintenance via periodic rinsing. I used to put them in a bucket of saltwater and blast all the detritus out by using a powerhead.
Interesting read. Thanks!!These three very large work threads are not meant to overload you, they're specifically to show things that will make that nano reef run as you want it to. Using other people's tanks page after page in proof.
Items covered in these three threads:
What you can and can't do with live rock
How sandbeds work over time in nano reefs
What it takes to restore two hundred invaded reef tanks. Look at their tanks at the time of offer, how did they get invaded? Be opposite. Your algae growth is early, any action you take now will really make a difference vs waiting till full takeover
If you have to clean a tank, how can you do that without causing a recycle?
Lastly, if I don't ask for nitrate, phosphate, ammonia or nitrite readings in these threads- not once- yet we turn out restored tanks for ten years, how important would those params be in making your tank behave?
Ok, bulletproof nano reefing in three threads:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/the-microbiology-of-reef-tank-cycling.214618/
Sandbed biology, fixing tanks that stored up waste in their sandbed vs keeping them clean
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/t...ead-aka-one-against-many.230281/#post-2681445
The exact method that will make your rock free of algae by this weekend and not kill that coralline, not kill coral, will kill algae.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/reef2reef-pest-algae-challenge-thread-hydrogen-peroxide.187042/
the reason bio balls don't matter one way or another is you should keep your system clean. I wouldn't care if you used red bricks inside of a filter, if you keep them clean. Whether you used any filter at all or not wouldn't matter, we list what matters there.
Above is the blueprint for the strongest nano reef in technique, if all those three threads are truly studied your tank will be bulletproof.
The bacteria you add or not add won't matter long term.