Bio balls question?

[rafatoy]

i have a 55 gallon hexagon saltwater tank and i am using a wet/dry sump. and was wonder if the bio-balls should be under water or should the balls be half way under water. have also been told to add a bio meadia filter under the bio- balls. anyone know why i would need that. i thought that was what the balls were for. I did not ask what bio media filter is? Help

[bskerrichard27]

Yes half will be out of water ..on mine over top the bioballs I run a carbon pad then a sponge filter right after the water leaves the bioballs mines a hybrid I run live sand in it and live rock with chateo ..mines also a 55 gallon and I never have any problems ...once a month though I rinse half the bio balls and rotate them because if not the will build up Nitrates

[Ibrahim]

Originally Posted by bskerrichard27

Yes half will be out of water ..on mine over top the bioballs I run a carbon pad then a sponge filter right after the water leaves the bioballs mines a hybrid I run live sand in it and live rock with chateo ..mines also a 55 gallon and I never have any problems ...once a month though I rinse half the bio balls and rotate them because if not the will build up Nitrates

Do you have any pictures?

[bskerrichard27]

Hope this helps

[Ibrahim]

Originally Posted by bskerrichard27

Hope this helps

Yep it does alot I may do that with mine

[Ibrahim]

Originally Posted by Ibrahim

Yep it does alot I may do that with mine

What's that black thing at the bottom right and what's under the bioballs?

[Jmedic25]

If you havent bought the bio balls yet, you can save money buying plastic pot scrubbers from the dollar store. Just make sure they have no soaps added. They work just as well as bioballs. I also pull one out of my sump and scrub stuff with them. After all they are scrubbers LOL. Another good tip is to put an airstone in your sump under the biomedia. If you increase the oxygen to the media you will grow a stronger colony of bacteria. As for submerging the bio balls. Im not so sure. I think they need air to grow so you want them wet not submerged.

[bskerrichard27]

The bioballs sit on a tray then there is sand under them the black thing is the sponge between the baffle and the bio balls... There are many ways to create a filter I just wanted to use both the wet dry and.Berlin filter methods to see how it works minus the piece of crap skimmeri have I don't have noissues at all and my water is crystal clear know if I can get my nano this clear lol

[Ibrahim]

Originally Posted by bskerrichard27

The bioballs sit on a tray then there is sand under them the black thing is the sponge between the baffle and the bio balls... There are many ways to create a filter I just wanted to use both the wet dry and.Berlin filter methods to see how it works minus the piece of crap skimmeri have I don't have noissues at all and my water is crystal clear know if I can get my nano this clear lol

If you don't mind, what kind of wet dry do you have? Ive got the eshopps 100

[rafatoy]

bskerrichard27 thanks...
also you run the carbon and sponge filter pad above the bio balls does it fit? is it ok to also place a bag of carbon under the bio balls?