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AlienAnchovies
Fri, 31st Oct 2003, 02:02 PM
i just bought a used 10 gallon aquaclear wet dry from a friend for $50 and it came with a mess load of bioballs, i was wondering if i should use them or ditch them
also im sticking it on my 20 tall i dont know if this will be a problem,or not seeing as it has a hang on overflow
gcantu
Fri, 31st Oct 2003, 02:56 PM
Ditch them! Nitrate factory!!!
AlienAnchovies
Fri, 31st Oct 2003, 07:09 PM
cool beans, i'll fill it with live rock, ill take pictures too
Henry
Sat, 1st Nov 2003, 05:38 AM
bioballs require regular maintence. They will become nitrate factories if they are not washed and cleaned. I would not recommend, I would prefer live rock rubble instead of the bioballs.

Henry
Markster
Sat, 1st Nov 2003, 09:21 AM
What about Biochem stars?
GaryP
Sat, 1st Nov 2003, 10:43 AM
The stars are really the same thing, they just have more surface area for bacterial growth as compared to bioballs.

I did a recent artial on using bioballs in Seascope that is fairly introducing. I must say that their results are contrary to my experience but that was before I started using a DSB.

Here is the link.

http://www.marineland.com/seascope/ss2003_issue2.pdf

Gary