Filter iDEA

[TheCanuck]

If your tank consistently has zero ammonia/nitrites currently... what benefit could adding another filter stuffed with bio media offer?

I suggest either using it as a polisher or savign the cost/effort of running it and leave it in the closet...

Adding "more bio media" to a tank that consistently has zero ammonia/nitrite makes absolutely no sense...


Unless you believe that some of the bio medias are capable of housing anaerobic bacteria in oxygen rich water, which just doesn't happen...

i understand what your saying but please read my post above , my moray is eating more now than last week, 50% more and after 2 more weeks i dont think the bio load will hold anymore , 1 pound of octapus a day to 1.5 pounds and a red devil? His eating habbits have grown so much and i think he is on a grow spurt. thus leading me to the thought that i dont think my bio load will be able to handle it much longer. Not to mention my grouper eats .3 pounds of shrimp himself and triggers eat .1 pound , thats 2 pounds of food a day into the tank..... some people dont feed thier "monster" fish that in a week.

i was wondering for the media diy stuff , like bendi straws etc.... my rena xp4 could use some more media as well , one basket is empy. I dont run carbon (empty basket)

So stuff that i could get without going to the pet store , for my basket on the rena and that magnum... i have an airstone inside of the intake tube as well to put more oxygen into the filter , good idea? or a waste?

 

[kallmond]

If you have an empty tray in your rena, put whatever you can find into it that has a high surface area-to-volume ratio. I have 2 trays full of plastic bottle caps in a canister. They have a ton of surface area due to all those 'grip' ridges.

Anything will work. Run a milk jug through a shredder (or use scissors). Use gravel. use plastic forks, whatever.

Just make sure its clean when you put it in.

 

[KaiserSousay]

thus leading me to the thought that i dont think my bio load will be able to handle it much longer

Does your water testing confirm your thoughts??
Are you showing raising ammonia levels?
I think your fish eat more than I do….