im new to this so you have to get me some slack LOL . i have a 125 gal with two built in over flow boxes . its draining into a 25-30 wet dry sump or filter whatever you call it . what am i suppose to put inside . i know you need to put a layer of filter pad and some bio balls . there is a another slot where it slides what am i suppose to put in there carbon??? i also left some ceramic rings on the bottom since they were sitting around . why do people say bio balls are not good and they say to use live rock or sand . could you please help me remember im setting up a fresh water tank . thanks for your help
fresh water wet dry system
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Pics would help. Depends on wether its a sump or wet/dry. Bioballs work in a wet/dry, submerged media best in a sump.
i dont have picture all i know is that it has two cambers . one side has my mag drive and the other side has like three different opening top has a flat plate with holes on top of it that section is like two inches wide then you have a big opening which im guessing the bio balls go then it has another sliding section under neath that is that where the pad goes or the carbon .there is a line on the box that says water level which is like 5-6 inches . it looks something like this
http://www.sealifesystems.com/images/P/ap200 copy.jpg
http://getpetsavvy.com/images/6457_pid.jpg
something along those lines
http://www.sealifesystems.com/images/P/ap200 copy.jpg
http://getpetsavvy.com/images/6457_pid.jpg
something along those lines
your video is so blurry . first drawer is a filter pad . second is the nylon pot scrubbers . whats in the third drawer . is this considered a wet dry or a dump. what is the difference anyways . whats DYI.
Jc1119- i would like to see what you have to say too
and who ever else
Jc1119- i would like to see what you have to say too
and who ever else
The pictures are of wet/dry trickle filters. The water level is kept at the bottom of the platform that the bioballs are stacked on--so the water level is low. The only time I submerge the bioballs is in a power outage to prevent die off of the beneficial bacteria. I find that the small amount of filter floss over the bio balls is not enough mechanical filtration. I have a second mechanical filtration system. Wet/dry filters are excellent at biological filtration.
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a sump is a more simple version of the above but uses submerged media as opposed to bioballs for biofiltration, pretty much the same types of media you would use in a canister filter. I run a wet-dry on my 90 and a sump on my 300. Advantages and disadvantages to both.
a sump is a more simple version of the above but uses submerged media as opposed to bioballs for biofiltration, pretty much the same types of media you would use in a canister filter. I run a wet-dry on my 90 and a sump on my 300. Advantages and disadvantages to both.