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Originally Posted by Jason McKenzie  I agree or better yet just get rid of the filter all together.
J | Amen. The poster before is right on the money too. Items filtered out by mechanical means are in a perfect scenario to give up their chemical components right back into the system. Water is flowing by rapidly, adding oxygen to the equation, aiding decomposition.
I've gotten rid of my mechanical filtration. The filter feeders in my tank like sponges and dusters love me for it.
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90G display tank. Kent Phos Reactor running carbon and ROWAPhos, Coralife 225 Skimmer, Typhoon 5 Stage RO/DI, 20 Gal Sump/Refugium with Chaeto/Caulerpa lit opposite daylight cycle. Coralife 2x150MH, 14K + 2x96W PC Actinics, Ecotech Vortech propeller pump, Hydor Koralia #2. |