bio-balls

[meagheavz]

are they good or bad??? for a saltwater tank..my wet.dry came with them

 

[1UCKY]

I removed mine out of my 180's FOWLR wet-dry. I used to have high Nitrates all the time until I removed them. I filled the sump area with cheto and live rocks; I now have 0 Nitrates in my tank!

 

[meagheavz]

maybe i will do that i havb fish in my tank..so i dont want to hurt them....also since im here. water changes im confused as hell....some people said do them now and some say wait a little longer...some say to mix and sit over night and some say to just mix and put it in.

 

[thirty5]

You can only remove the bioballs if you have LR. And even if you do, i would make sure that your tank is well cycled before you remove them. I ran mine for a while with LR and the bioballs before removing them. If you take out the bioballs and dont have cycled LR then your levels will skyrocket becuase you will not have a biological filter.

 

[meagheavz]

lol good looks my friend i will def do that then. it also has Sintered Glass Cylinders..

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Remove them slowly (a little at a time) if you are going to remove them and the glass tubes.

 

[meagheavz]

i wassnt sure if i should remove th glass

 

[nycmat]

bio balls help oxiginate water for FOWLR set ups. they are not bad. you do not have to worry about nitrates as much in a fish only set up. i had nitrates up to 70 with no fish deaths. if you are to remove them in a FOWLR set up then make sure you remove them slowly like the chief said. its always better to be safe then sorry. also once removing them i suggest making water changes to help prevent any unwanted spikes
thanks
matt

 

[meagheavz]

Fowlr Wut Does That Mean Im A Noob..

 

[thirty5]

FO: Fish Only
LR: Live Rock
FOWLR: Fish Only With Live Rock (means no corals)

 

[meagheavz]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh okay