mechanical filtration

[erick]

I believe there is a place to put carbon in, or you could take out the bio balls, and run a carbon pack in its place.... Aquarium designs on Brookhollow and 281 has new ones on the shelf, cheap too (around $100)! Go by and look at it and see...... Having bioballs and live rock together is sort of redundant. No need for the balls if you have ample live rock to carryout the denitrification process, hence do away with the balls and replace with a carbon filter pack. Another choice would be the Prizm deluxe skimmer by Red Sea (also around $100 w/upgrade)..... The Deluxe version has a place for carbon filtration paks... ALTHOUGH, I have one of these on my 30g (w/o the deluxe upgrade-$25) and it doesnt pull that much skimmate, sorry to say, I would NOT recommend this brand. But if you want, I will sell you mine for $25, you can buy the upgrade for $25, and have what you need for $50...Done deal... PM me if your interested.... Good luck..Erick...

[matt]

Even if you fix the suction cup issue, you'll probably be much happier with the flow of the nanostream. There's really no comparison; the flow is gentler right in front of the pump, yet definitely moves way more water throughout the tank.

[blueboy]

my new deltec MCE600 has a chamber for carbon/whatever, and it's one heck of a skimmer besides, but they are pretty proud of them($475). i never expected so much from a HO unit, that is not unyill i paid that much for one! it's also quiet, and requires almost no fiddling/adjusting.oh, and, not to be a stickler, but carbon/phosban would technically be chemical filtration. a pad, or sponge(or if your truly old school, some filter floss!) would be mechanical.