So its been almost 2.5 months since velvet wiped out all the fish in my 55, now planning on getting everything back together. I have a question about setting up a QT. I'm currently using a eheim cannister filter, which I plan on changing to a sump sometime in the new year, but can I place a few bio balls somewhere inside the the filter media to seed it and then place them in HOB filter for the QT when needed?
a little guidance needed
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MarinaClown
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thanks for the link. I just wathced the video. question though... this is the first time I'm hearing of running a QT without some kind of filter, I'm not doubting your LFS credentials or anything but have you or anyone else used this method before with your QT? I was under the impression that water from the DT has no effect on filtering ammonia, trites, trates etc. So if you went without a filter I would assume your going to be doing pwcs daily
MarinaClown
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I am using it w/o filter. Just weekly water changes are fine or as needed if params are not good. However, even if you are using a filter and dosing with medication, oftentimes you get a false read on ammonia, etc. key is to keep you main water tank clean so you can use it in QT.
MarinaClown
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Sure you can. I personally would rather put stable water from my main tank than fresh saltwater.
I know what you mean. Luckily for me I get my water from the ocean...well from a saltwater well that comes from the ocean. On another note I'm looking into getting new PH's. In a perfect world I'd get the vortech mp40's. But since that's not financially excusable for me at the moment that'll have to wait. Any input/opinions on the hydor koralia wave maker controller?
After a bit if research I favored the hydors for performance and especially price. I had an opportunity to pick up a jebao 25 super cheap and I liked it so much I bought another. The hydors give you lots of options but if you need several ph or lots of gpm the jebao ph are really good.
I just looked at some reviews/videos on the Jebao's. I gotta say that right now I'm almost sold on them. I'll think about it a little while more before I pull the trigger. I have two maxi-jets in my 55 now and I cant seem to get the flow that I want..tried moving them around to different places and still end up with dead spots. I put them in a different spot last night so I'm going to see how the tank looks after a few days and go from there.
