dfwflyr Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 As usual with the internet I am coming across conflicting information on filtration. I took the bio balls out of my tank because i was told they house too many nitrates. I got a protein skimmer (the oceanic one, not impressed) that i placed in the middle compartment of my BC14 along with a bit of cheato. I still left the carbon filter insert in fist compartment as i wasn't 100% sure about the skimmer. So concerned with wanting to keep my tank clean and stable I started looking at media baskets. I'm thinking a DIY build (Stevie T is out of town for a bit) for the middle compartment. This will have me place the skimmer in the first compartment where the water flows in. In the media basket i am thinking filter floss on the top, carbon in the middle, and cheato at the bottom. I hesitate to add purigen with my tank still being relatively new. Does this sound like a better setup than having the filter cartridge (then skimmer) do most of the filtration? Link to comment
xDetroitMetalx Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 That's basically my plan on my new 14 bio. I have the filter cartridge in right now but will be removing it later today. That chamber will then have a skimmer (I'm thinking Hydor Slim Skim Nano) and the middle will be a little refuge. Link to comment
Eugene123 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 I like the oceanic skimmer but It won't work in chamber 2 as it should be submerged in water (chamber 1). I would remove the false bottom in chamber 1 and put your heater in there as well. Also get a better than stock pump to increase your flow rate. Check out this link for your cube: http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=180788 Link to comment
91mini Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Been running this set up for exactly 1 year. Chamber 1: Oceanic Skimmer, not the best on the market but gets the job done. I get a good bit of skimmate out of it.. I cut the top of the plastic between chamber 1 and 2 off for better flow Chamber 2: On top polyfill (the stuff you fill pillows with found at Hobby Lobby or Wal-Mart) changed every 2-3 days, Cheato, DIY compact fluorescent lighting to grow Cheato (ran opposite the tank lights), and chemipure Eliteunder Cheato. No In tank media basket but I do see the benifit. Chamber 3: Purigen and pump. Added the Purigen and Chemi-Pure Elite after about 3-4 months of running the system. I took everything very slow though. added a new fish or coral only once every month, changed 2 gallons every 2 weeks and test parameters before every water change. Link to comment
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