canister remodel - Nitrates

[jthread]

If you have been reading some of these posts you know I have 2 marine reef
aquariums. One 30 and one 45 gal.

The 30 is very simple. Filled w/LR - PS - fiber filter. And that's all. It
can go months w/o a water change and I feed the fish 2 times a day.

The 45 has always been more of a challenge. Water changes usually at least
once a week. Although it has improved significantly with the addition of the
LR.

I've already added LR to almost the top of tank and added a 3 - 4" DSB

The 45 has a canister and hang-on PS.

Today I decided to take the plunge and gut the 45's canister leaving only
the 2 fiber pads in place and replacing the bio ball media with a milk
carton.

http://www.safaricabs.com/can.jpg

I'll have to clean the canister much more often (like the 30).

So now the filtering system is LR - DSB - PS and a gutted canister with only
fiber disks.

Jim

[Peter Pan[_2_]]

jthread wrote:
> If you have been reading some of these posts you know I have 2 marine reef
> aquariums. One 30 and one 45 gal.
>
> The 30 is very simple. Filled w/LR - PS - fiber filter. And that's all. It
> can go months w/o a water change and I feed the fish 2 times a day.
>
> The 45 has always been more of a challenge. Water changes usually at least
> once a week. Although it has improved significantly with the addition of the
> LR.
>
> I've already added LR to almost the top of tank and added a 3 - 4" DSB
>
> The 45 has a canister and hang-on PS.
>
> Today I decided to take the plunge and gut the 45's canister leaving only
> the 2 fiber pads in place and replacing the bio ball media with a milk
> carton.
>
> http://www.safaricabs.com/can.jpg
>
> I'll have to clean the canister much more often (like the 30).
>
> So now the filtering system is LR - DSB - PS and a gutted canister with only
> fiber disks.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
your LR will act as the bio-filter, no need to use Bio or anything else
like that. Using extra bio media is why you're having problems with the
Nitrates. I finally took out my bio media, that and more frequent
partials, I've got my nitrates under control.

[jthread]

"Peter Pan" > wrote in message
. ..
> jthread wrote:
>> If you have been reading some of these posts you know I have 2 marine
>> reef aquariums. One 30 and one 45 gal.
>>
>> The 30 is very simple. Filled w/LR - PS - fiber filter. And that's all.
>> It can go months w/o a water change and I feed the fish 2 times a day.
>>
>> The 45 has always been more of a challenge. Water changes usually at
>> least once a week. Although it has improved significantly with the
>> addition of the LR.
>>
>> I've already added LR to almost the top of tank and added a 3 - 4" DSB
>>
>> The 45 has a canister and hang-on PS.
>>
>> Today I decided to take the plunge and gut the 45's canister leaving only
>> the 2 fiber pads in place and replacing the bio ball media with a milk
>> carton.
>>
>> http://www.safaricabs.com/can.jpg
>>
>> I'll have to clean the canister much more often (like the 30).
>>
>> So now the filtering system is LR - DSB - PS and a gutted canister with
>> only fiber disks.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
> your LR will act as the bio-filter, no need to use Bio or anything else
> like that. Using extra bio media is why you're having problems with the
> Nitrates. I finally took out my bio media, that and more frequent
> partials, I've got my nitrates under control.

i'm hoping someone is benefiting from my experiences but this group is so
f%^kE6 i doubt it.

anyway it makes a good diary for me.

:-)