Removing bioballs from coralife biocube 29 while water is in the tank

[Snowboardlife92]

Hey guys it's first saltwater tank and I am currently on me third day of the cycling process. With some research I found out that keeping the bioballs in the filter system can cause nitrite spikes and I want to remove them and fill them with carbon pouches and filter floss because I want my water to be perfect and clear. Is it possible to remove the bioballs with the water in the tank without harming my love rocks or setting back my cycling process?

[new-b-reefer]

Hey guys it's first saltwater tank and I am currently on me third day of the cycling process. With some research I found out that keeping the bioballs in the filter system can cause nitrite spikes and I want to remove them and fill them with carbon pouches and filter floss because I want my water to be perfect and clear. Is it possible to remove the bioballs with the water in the tank without harming my love rocks or setting back my cycling process?

go ahead and pull them outta there. at 3 days in, there isnt much if any substantial bacterial colonies. in a marine tank, live rock hold all the bio filtration you will need as long as there is a decent amount of it. if you wanna speed it up a bit, see if you can get a fully cured piece of live rock in there. that will have a bunch of the established beneficial good stuff already on it to help convert that ammonia to nitrite to nitrate

hope that helps

[Snowboardlife92]

Thank you!!! All the rock I have in there is fully cured got it from a really great saltwater aquatics store

[Snowboardlife92]

Thank you!!! All the rock I have in there is fully cured got it from a really great saltwater aquatics store