so until i get some nylon sponges to collect bioload in my filter i can just run it w/o and the lava will act as the sponges until i get some? and should i use the nozzel or spray bar to dispense filtered water into the tank? which will my africans like more?
75 gal progression
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i have maybe 80lb of lavarock in my cichlid tank and i often think that its doing more for my biofilter then the xp3...
also remember there are alot of ciltures that live in your sand/gravle as well as the rocks. so if you ever change them you will start a mini cycle, and posably stress your fish.
also remember there are alot of ciltures that live in your sand/gravle as well as the rocks. so if you ever change them you will start a mini cycle, and posably stress your fish.
most likely i won't be changing my substrate cuz it was a massive pain getting all that sand cleaned and into the tank. =p and i might add more lava, but i won't be taking any out. i think that the ones i have in my tank right now look pretty awesome if i do say so myself. 0=)
i also got nylon scrubbies into my filter. i'm filling up my tank tomorrow. i used 9 total scrubbies in my xP3 (3 in each basket that required them). i think that my tank is going to look really awesome when i get my fish moved into it! 0=)
lol. i thought it would look ugly putting in caves, so i didn't bother. i hope that my cichlids can survive without them. =] i decided on using the nozzel instead of the spray bar and have guppies in the tank swimming around. i also have a few handfulls of gravel in a cup right under the suction part of the filter to help the filter get seeded. =] i think it looks really nice, but its a bit cloudy. hopefully that will clear up once the tank finished cycling?
