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**** 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...

anyone one else? so since I have no Bio load in my tank ill be ok taking out all my biological filtration rite?

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.s. i ment that my biological section of my wet/dry is big. not my mechanical section.

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 it Def s****. my last tank I lived in south Florida so I had lfs all round me.

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

well I tested my water and it test zero for nitrates. any other ideas guys?

I'm gonna test it right now. never thought about it. thx

water from Walmart. the culligan machine that u fill jugs with. I used same water for my last tank and if was fine. this is there filter method : 1st. sediment filter 2nd. activated carbon 3rd. reverse osmosis 4th. ultra violet light and I checked the service card on the machine...

Thx for all ur input. well now wat... I don't have the money to buy another 25-50 pounds of liverock or rubble to put in my wet/dry. I took out my filterpads and put in new ones. Im hopeing that will help get rid of the ditritus build up. is it safe to do another 50% water change yet...

I haven't changed them caz I reneger on my last tank someone told me that on a newly cycled tank u don't want to remover any type of filter media for a.while since the filter doesn't have good established bacteria yet.