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02-21-2007, 05:03 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Tweleve Bridges Lincoln, CA
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Live Rock in Trickle Filter
Hello All,
I have a question on trickle filters. On my 30G tank I have a trickle filter which I removed all the Bio Balls from. I want to utilize the space where the Bio Balls were.
My question is, can LR stay live out of water? The LR will not totally be without water since the "Trickle" from my overflow will be running over the LR.
Would this work?
Any thoughts appreciated!
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02-21-2007, 05:10 PM
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Bigger Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Fort Myers, FL
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Im thinking that any areas of LR that are exposed to air and not getting water will dry out and become just normal rock. The areas that stay directly under the trickle may stay alive, but i may be wrong.
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02-21-2007, 05:11 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Shawnee, KS
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you can run into some problems doing that. because the Rock is not submerged in water, there will be "die off". because of this, your tank will be in a constant cycle, and you ammonia and everything will be high.
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02-21-2007, 05:20 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Tweleve Bridges Lincoln, CA
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Ok, thats what I was afraid of. Does anyone have experience with putting anything in that emptied out space? And is the "Trickle" benificial and or useful to the water for a reef? If not, I was thinking of ditching the filter all together and just running the reef with no mechanical filtration just LR and powerheads.
But before I do that, I just wanna see if there is anything I can put in that space or is it just dead.
Thanks for the replies BTW.
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02-21-2007, 05:35 PM
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Shinigami-sama
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Jax, Fl.
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I have 2 that I'm not using, and have been contemplating turning them into refugiums.
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02-21-2007, 08:25 PM
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It can be rebuilt.
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Pittsboro, NC
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just leave the area empty, or put your skimmer in the are if it fits. the only mechanical filtration you need on a reef tank is a skimmer.
replacing the bio-balls with LR will not do anything different. the LR will still be in a high oxygen environment and this is not what is needed to complete the entire nitrogen cycle.
if you do not have a skimmer than you can just run a tank with LR and PH's. the problem is that YOU become the primary mechanical filtration. WC become an absolute necessity. you will need to be able to siphon out ALL detritus when doing water changes. if not you will quickly find yourself having an algae problem. 
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02-21-2007, 09:04 PM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Livingston Parish, Denham Springs, Louisiana
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I agree with Geoff, it will act like the bio balls,
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