So what are anyone's thoughts on a wet dry sump? I'm thinking of buying a pro clear 75 for my 55gal. Are they worth using? Does the trickle filter really harbor the benificial bacteria on the bio balls?
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They are good for fish only setups.So what are anyone's thoughts on a wet dry sump? I'm thinking of buying a pro clear 75 for my 55gal. Are they worth using? Does the trickle filter really harbor the benificial bacteria on the bio balls?
I'd just run the sand and live rock and just get a nice sump for a protein skimmer or run a refugium.Ok so what if I just use some live sand and some live rock in it as well?
I'd try to convert it into a refugium or run filter socks and a good protein skimmer in it. I had a trickle filter in the 1990's that already had room for a protein skimmer in it.Ok I will read it...so if I just use the live sand and live rock and no bio balls it would be ok to use for my reef...I have a canister filter that I use now I just hate cleaning it once a month.
If your running bio-pellets then you don't have any need for a trickle filter, at all.I have used and continue to use wet drys with great success. They will allow you to carry a higher bioload. They are far more efficient at denitifrication than most methods but the key is to have an answer for the nitrates. That can be biopellets, refugium, ats, sulfur denitrator , etc.
bio-pellets handle all three.The trickle filter is to break down the ammonia and nitrite. The biopellets handle the nitrate and perhaps phosphate to a more minor extent.
You have your opinion and you could not give me a bio-pellet nuclear bomb.In my opinion, biopellets don't exist in the proper environment to allow all the necessary bacteria to perform all three functions.
Just read up on how to do a DSB.I use a canister filter now and with monthly cleaning I keep my nitrates at 5ppm. I did read that article and I think I am just going to go with a dsb and some live rock as my bio load is only 2 clowns 1 bicolor basslet 1 firefish and 1 mandarin. And 10 corals so I don't think I will need anything but the natural filters. I am not running a skimmer now but I plan to try to find a small one in the near future.
lol,'I have a dsb in my dt and my power heads move the top layer but I never stick anything down into or sift it around. I also have 100lbs of live rock in my 55gal... what is your thought on how much live rock I need in my sump?
Looks good. but the sand needs to be deeper.It did and that's why I'm going to ditch the bio balls and go with the live stock! Here is my tank and my ten gallon that I'm using to cure about 20lbs of rock to use in the sump. And I guess my sand bed isn't considered deep it's only 3 -4 inches