**** scratch my original post. i would like to use my exsisting LR as filter media. not just put it in there to quiet my filter****
well i know anaerobic bacteria will die but what about aerobic bacteria? it wont grow on live rock in the trickle filter?
if thats the case if i buy dry rock...
I have filter media there already. the parts that's nosiey is he trickle noise. but I got a lil quite're. my main question is can I use live Rock in my wet/dry in the trickle section or does live rock have to be totally submerged to be a effective filter media
hey fellaz
THAT DID IT!!!!! i took out my pot scrubbies and did a 50% water change and it lowered my nitrates from 60-70 to about 20-30!! yay!!!
now my filter is really loud. lol
i just posted a new thread about adding live rock from my display tank into my wet/dry biological section...
hey fellaz.
is it ok to take some live rock out of my display tank and put it in my wet/dry filter in the trickle section? Ive read that it should be submerged.
I only want to put it In there for a few days until my new filter media gets delivered. reason being that I took out my old...
ive been doing some research and ive read that if i use rock or rubble in my filter it needs to be completly submerged. so i would have to change around my filter. but in my opinion i think using a wet/dry is more beneficial because ill have both anaerobic and aerobic bacteria.
everyone seems...
PS. since I have nearly zero Bio load, I can just take out the pot scrubbies and leave the the filter empty rite?
also before I go and buy rock or rubble I should take the pot scrubbies out and do a 50% water change and test my nitrates and make sure they were the problem rite?
hey fellas
ok so u don't think its the metal fitting then? I need to change it to plastic any way.
so I'm going to remove my pot scrubbies. so how should I do it?
should I just remove them and leave my filter empty? or should I take some live rock from my tank and put it in the...
hey fellaz.
recently I've had a problem with my nitrates. my tanks been running for about 2 months. my ammonia is 0 and my nitrites are 0. but my nitrates have been high. even doing huge water changes with different sources of water. because I thought it was the water at first but its not...
"I" don't think its my filter media. I've seen tons of tanks that use pot scrubbies and they work just fine. why would mine not work? and like I said there shinny clean. not covered in crap.
if I was to change to rock in my filter how much.would I need?
and I have no fish in my tank...
hey fellaz
i have a 30gal tank with a wet/dry filter. hold approx 50gal. i ahve 50 pounds live rock and 40 pounds live sand. my tanks been running for 7 weeks. i have 0 ammonia and 0 nitrites. but my nitrates have been about 30-40. no matter how big of a water change i do and using different...
wasn't able to get to store today. def going tomorrow. so I should get distilled water then just to be safe? some had mentioned here that the got it from Walmart and it test 2-6 pom.
thx
yeah I shouldnt have to add a refugium. my wet/dry should. be fine. there's something else goin on.
I'm going to go to Walmart and buy jugs of distilled water and see if that helps. I don't a lfs besides petsmart but even there 45 min away!!
thx