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I have a 30 gallon long with about 30 pounds of live rock along with a bio-wheel 60. Is the 30 pounds of live rock enough for sole bio filtration? I want to remove the bio wheels. What do you think?

I also have a air driven skimmer with a reaction chamber that is 4 feet high. And this thing skims like crazy!
 
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If the tank is established, loose it and think about adding some LS

HTH

Old Guy
 
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That skimmer sounds huge for that small of a tank. If you have much of a flow rate at all through that skimmer I doubt the organics are around long enough to be effected by the bio-wheel. Remove it but keep the activated carbon.


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Thanks for the replys.

I'm got the skimmer from Ron's Saltwater Heaven in Williamsport, PA. This skimmer works great and it's big enough to be used on a larger tank that I plan to get in the spring. I use an empty Ehiem canister filter to drive it.

I do have a little LS. I added 2 pounds of live sand to my Aragamax for a total depth of around 1nch or so. I like keeping the sand bed shallow. It's very easy to keep clean without the need for hermits or snails.
 
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Yes, that's plenty of rock to warrant the removal of the bio-wheel.

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You have heaps of rock in there, not that much is required to give enough surface area for the bacteria to live on. I don't personally worry about enough rock being in the tank, I actualy worry about too much being in there, filling the tank up too much and lossing space. People tend to put too much in, rather than not enough.
 

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