bioballs

[p00num3lli]

ok ive been told to take out my bioballs to help lower my nitrates. is this true? and if so what do i do with them? throw them out or keep them until my trates are down then put em back in?

i need someone to answer this fast please, so comment away:)

thanks

[Paul28]

Here was a talk a week ago on them that might help :)

http://www.maast.org/forums/showthread.php?t=42928

[wesheltonj]

THis is the bioballs verus live rock rubble & fuge argument. Just depends on which side of the agrument you come down on. I have the bioball myself and my NO3 is at 10, highest as 20. This ain't zero but its not bad either.

The agrument is that bio balls cannot complete the cycle no2 to no3 to nothing.

[p00num3lli]

thanks paul28. i think im going to take out my bioballs and use live rock rubble. but how big should they be? marble sized? or what?and the way my tank is built(its an old terracore) the filtration system is build in the back of the tank, it is the whole lenght/heigth of my tank also, it goes all the way alongside the back of my tankm and its about 3 inches wide. now my other question, there are slits in the filteration system and in the middle is about a 24 in space were my bioballs are. if i take my bio's out and put in live rock, it will be 18in. at the very bottom. would that still be ok to use? or does it have to flow past it?

please post an answer i really need one :bigsmile:

thanks much guys

[ErikH]

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[p00num3lli]

would if i nkew how to =/

[ErikH]

Theres a sticky in the photography forum! :)

[aquasport24]

Another cool thing with rubble is you can use it as frag plug too.

[p00num3lli]

whats a frag plug?

[ErikH]

a small piece of rubble to put a coral frag on. They also make them.

http://www.petsolutions.com/default.aspx?ItemId=27901800&EID=27901800&SID=FROOGLE