I did a search for this and kinda came up empty for what I was looking for. So this is what I am wondering, where do you run your water level in your sump? Is there any problem having some of your bio-balls underwater? If so what are they?
Wet/dry, Water Level and Bio-balls
- Thread starter boisblancboy
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I would keep even less out of the water. milkman I thought wet/dry meant the media stayed wet but was "dry" because it wasn't submerged.
Idk, i just thought wet/dry ment some was underwater while some wasent. I also agree that less should be out of water, Maybe around 1/3 out of water while the other 2/3 under?
See now even on my wet/dry filter, it has a max water level line on it, which is directly below the bioballs. If I find out that there is no harm in running the water level higher(submerging the bioballs) then I may do so, because of what I am trying to accomplish with my Automatic drip system.
boisblancboy;563589; said:
There is no harm . The nitrification process will still go on even if the bio balls are submerged in water. Greater effeciency will be achieved if the balls are not submerged.
The reason wet/dry filters are so much better than most is because the media has direct contact with air, water dosn't contain as much O2 as our atmosphere does. So, the more media emersed, the more that can support a larger bacteria colony. I tend to have the bottom inch or two under water so it reduces the trickle noise.
Ahhhhh, all this makes sense. Chances are that is what I will do then, just have the water level right tight to the bio-balls or just up an inch or so, to keep as much water in the sump as I can and also to keep that trickling noise down.
boisblancboy;563633; said:
Just make sure you test that the sump dosn't overflow in a staged power outage several times, including worst case scenario stuff, like: HOB overflow loses prime, one of the syphon break holes in the return gets clogged, and whatever else ya might think could happen.