Filter Media

[fishyfishyfishy]

Hi guys, i have a 2ft cube with an IOS been running for about 1 month with about 3 casualties. I've heard a lot about people saying that for filter media, its always better to overkill than to underkill, hence i went for the overkill.

Wool

Wool

Japanese Mat

Carbon beads 1L

Seachem SeaGel 1L

Seachem Purgen 500ML

Bio Home Plus 1Kg

JBJ Ceramic Rings 2 KG

Seachem Matrix

My filter media compartment is jam packed with filter medias, my question is, is there any negative set backs of having an overkilled filtration media compartment ? Appreciate some advices.

[flankell]

What do you plan to keep? FOT? RT?

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[fishyfishyfishy]

planning to have fishes and coral (trying out both LPS and SPS)

And have around 8 fishes plus 3 corals now.

is that alright ??

[Ah-lim]

Hi hi, what fish are you keeping currently?

Are u using any hang on skimmer?

Afraid that bioload a bit high, and the bacteria in the filter media, taks a while to grow.

Ps: I would just use biohome and remove the JBJ Ceramic Rings and carbon beads.

[fishyfishyfishy]

Hi hi, what fish are you keeping currently?

thanks for your response

yeah i'm using red sea airlift

i have flasher wrasse, dragonet, pipefish, clownfish, 2 anthias, yellow wrasse, flame angel and a seahorse, is that too much for my tank ?

Hmm, i dose bacteria every 3 days would that help the population of the bacteria ?

Are u using any hang on skimmer?

Afraid that bioload a bit high, and the bacteria in the filter media, taks a while to grow.

Ps: I would just use biohome and remove the JBJ Ceramic Rings and carbon beads.

[dnsfpl]

imo your filtration is not overkill

previously, my office 2x1x1.5(H) tank

i had 4kg of biohome and a redsea skimmer

10% water change monthly, kept less than 3 fish, no3 never go below 20ppm

[zoa farmer]

Carbon dosing? Don't need to take out the ceramic rings...unless you need the space for something else. As long as it doesn't trap debris or restrict the flow then there isn't any negative effects I can think of.

you're spending alot of money on chemical filtration. Personally, I don't use stuff like purigen. Good carbon and rows phos is all you need.

Why you need two layer of filter wool? I've been using one layer throughout my years of reefing.

[fishyfishyfishy]

Carbon dosing? Don't need to take out the ceramic rings...unless you need the space for something else. As long as it doesn't trap debris or restrict the flow then there isn't any negative effects I can think of.

you're spending alot of money on chemical filtration. Personally, I don't use stuff like purigen. Good carbon and rows phos is all you need.

Why you need two layer of filter wool? I've been using one layer throughout my years of reefing.

Thanks a lot for your advices ! Anyway, do i have to take out my bags of ceramic rings and biohome to rinse them occasionally ?

If so, how often do you guys advice me to do so.