Please Enlighten!

[Devilben]

Hi bros out there, I currently using bio-balls in my sump tank for filteration. There is another section left, can i put in coral chips. Is this system workable? Any recommendation?

[SpiderOne]

take out the bioballs and throw them away , then put coral chips there. then put some wool and maybe some carbon if u want in the other compartment.

[atomlab]

does coral chips do good to the filteration

heard that coralchips is a useless stuff..no point using it.

[SpiderOne]

[junyong84]

dun use bio balls... get DSB and/or lotsa LRs...

coralchips... no use...

use filter media like wool, poly filter... activated carbon..etc... alot in the market..

go to LFS to ask around.

[Devilben]

Why don't use bio-balls. Aqua Techique also using the same system and they are doing fine.

[ervine]

I too have recently (in fact just) removed all the bio-balls and coral chips that used to be in my sump compartment... replaced with some plastic supports which hold up the filter wool and chemical filtration stuff...

[Devilben]

So what is the most reliable system? Any diagram to show? Thx.

[SpiderOne]

do a search on the net. many good websites. get a sample u find suitable for u. then ask for feedback about it here.

[atomlab]

maybe most of the ppl go for coralchips coz it a cheapo.

[junyong84]

i dun understand how coral chips can filter ur water...

[mUAr_cHEe]

hmz... okie... it works sumthing like tis... its a more natural thingie for filteration... er... kinda disolves sum stuff when the water runs thru it.... supposingly good for the water... my dad's koi pond... the filter system... full of coral bits and shells... kinda tempted to steal some for my own tank... but difficult siaz...

hiakz hiakz...

correct me if im wrong...

my liang mao's worth!!

[junyong84]

dissolve stuff... WOW!

[woonming]

Why don't use bio-balls. Aqua Techique also using the same system and they are doing fine.

Not wrong to use bio balls but u may need to have lots of water changes to rid of NO3 ....

As bio balls would convert NO2 to NO3 and that where the cycle ends .. Thus if u use bio ball u got only too handle the NO3 and only way is to do water changes ..

[Clownfish]

I agree with Woon Ming... hav to do frequent water changes....

If u got the money n ability.... try to put in lotsa LR...

If possible, convert it into a refugium....

U may wish to go ML to look at Henry's refugium...