Good or Bad Idea?

by **nicholas542** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:38 am

I think I am going to do something useful with my Marinland powerfilter. Untill I start a sump I'm going to turn my powerfilter into a small refugium. I found a place to get some red mangrove shoots, and I have some extra sugar sand. I'm not sure if the water flow will be too strong to be a succesful refugium though. Any feedback would be great.

by **Deltasigpony3648** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:24 am

you could fill it with live rock

by **nicholas542** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:13 am

yeah I thought one piece on medium live rock and some mangrove shoots to cut back on the Nitrates would be a good idea

by **Deltasigpony3648** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:34 am

i dont see why it wont work the lfs near me does basically the same thing

by **nicholas542** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:13 am

Right on seems like a better use of a powerfilter in a reef aquarium. I heard that Bio-wheels create more nitrates than they reduce. Someone told me that powerfilters where freshwater technology and not any good in saltwater aquarium keeping anyway so I'm going to convert it into a refugium.

by **puffedupseagull** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:38 am

Maybe, not sure on your bacteria build up yet, but I suggest that you don't just take away the filtration in just one hit. Maybe reduce the media slowly, once a week, to allow the bacteria to replenish. JUST A THOUGHT

by **nicholas542** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:15 pm

Yeah i'm going to leave the powerfilter for now. I'm getting one of those new hybrid filters that Snowboss was talking about. So that will give me something to experiment with, and hopefully keep my hands out of my tank.

Good or Bad Idea?

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Good or Bad Idea?

Good or Bad Idea?

7 posts