SUMP(Filter media)

[reeffreak]

someone told me that my ceramic filtermedia in my sum[p is nitrate factories,and that i must get rid of it slowly.
Is this true or not?
and if it is,with what do i need to replace it with?

True,if its not cleaned often enough.If you have plenty of live rock then remove 1/3 a week til its all gone.Make sure you replace the floss weekly so it doesn't become a nitrate factory either.I would use that area where the ceramic rings are for occasional carbon bag or something similar like Chemipure.

 

[MikMcgyver]

Filterfloss is cheap enough that you can replace it every couple of rinses and not make a huge dent. Really good for grabbing all the lil junk that is floating around...

 

[Doc]

I agree. If you have between 1-2 pounds of LR per gallon of tank water, you won't need anything else for bio-filtration

-Doc

 

[Lanzo]

I heared about a DSB insted of the ceramic filter media.
Whould this be a better replacemnet?

Dimensions of my sump now: 610(L) x 320(W) x 330(H)
Chamber1: 80mm wilter wool
Chamber2: 100mm ceramic media
Chamber3: 90mm nothing in it
Chamber4: 340mm with skimmer,uv sterilizer and carbon phosreactor

New dimension for new sump is: 700(L) x 380(W) x 330(H)

I whould like to have a chamber with filter wool before the DSB and a skimmer in first chamber and some Chaeoto somewere,how whould you say must a make my chambers???
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