My nitrates have been somewhat high lately so I've begun to do two water changes a week till I get them down. Nothing has died so I'm assuming there has been an accumulation of build up in my back chambers. In chamber one I have a heater and a biocube filter made by oceanic. In chamber two I took out the bio-balls from day one and added live rock rubble. In chamber three is just the powerhead. Should I remove the biocube filter?
Do you guys have any suggestions for ways to better my back 3 chambers. I've heard of chemi-pure but I'm not too sure what that is going in the second chamber. Also I've heard of people floating bags of charcoal in chamber 1. What benefits would that have? and how often would I have to change it. Also I've heard of people putting "cheato" in the second chamber? I'm not really sure what that is either. I've read up on putting oceanic's protein skimmer in their too but I heard it's crap.
Thanks for the help!
Do you guys have any suggestions for ways to better my back 3 chambers. I've heard of chemi-pure but I'm not too sure what that is going in the second chamber. Also I've heard of people floating bags of charcoal in chamber 1. What benefits would that have? and how often would I have to change it. Also I've heard of people putting "cheato" in the second chamber? I'm not really sure what that is either. I've read up on putting oceanic's protein skimmer in their too but I heard it's crap.
Thanks for the help!