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View Poll Results: what filtration do you use? | |
biological
|     | 4 | 8.70% | |
mechanical
|    | 0 | 0% | |
chemical
|    | 0 | 0% | |
biological and mechanical
|    | 17 | 36.96% | |
biological and chemical
|    | 1 | 2.17% | |
chemical and mehanical
|    | 0 | 0% | |
all 3
| | 24 | 52.17% | 
02-07-2008, 08:20 AM
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| | Vlamingii Tang
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: joliet,il Age: 41
Posts: 1,895
|  filtration poll
there are 3 filtration methods:
biological, mechanical and chemical
which one do you use?
what do you use?
why?
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just one little sps frag tank with lots of goodies | 
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02-07-2008, 09:18 AM
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#2 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
Posts: 3,886
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I use all 3...
Chemical:Carbon, if people dont know why you should use carbon, they need to look it up, lol.
Biological: Wether it be liverock, bio balls, bio sponges, they all work in aiding the nitrogen cycle.
Mechanical: Filter socks and/or poly pads for physically removing debris, wether it be something that was dropped in there floating around, fish poop or excess food floating around. EDIT: I forgot to add skimmer, thats mechanical filtration too. _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
"Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it." Andre Gide 
Last edited by geekdafied; 02-07-2008 at 10:53 AM.
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02-07-2008, 09:25 AM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 868
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I use all 3 also,
Chemical:Carbon,
Biological: liverock
Mechanical: poly pads, removed and cleaned every 3 or 4 days. _________ I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.
Every morning is the dawn of a new error.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
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02-07-2008, 10:18 AM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Charleston,WV Age: 34
Posts: 169
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All 3
Chemical-carbon
Biological-liverock and bioballs
Mechanical-filter sock _________  90g plumbed to basement,75g sump with 10g refugium inside,250 Aqualine skimmer,QuietOne 6000 for return,HydorKoralia's #3 #4,2 kind zoanthus,3 kind mushrooms,pulsing xenia,yellow polyps,Sailfin Tang,coral beauty,sixline wrass,lawnmower blenny,Kole Tang,royal gramma,firefish,snails,hermits,crabs,serpent star,large feather duster | |
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02-07-2008, 10:19 AM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Groningen, The Netherlands Age: 25
Posts: 756
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Yup! I also run all 3!  | |
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02-07-2008, 10:26 AM
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#6 (permalink)
| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
Posts: 4,788
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Quote:
Originally Posted by diggardens  All 3
Chemical-carbon
Biological-liverock and bioballs
Mechanical-filter sock |
Ditto  _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - (2008 Reef log) ("OmarD"/"Scott") | |
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02-07-2008, 12:02 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
Posts: 1,294
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Triple ditto
Live rock, carbon, skimmer, phosphate reactor Quote:
Originally Posted by omard Ditto | Jim | |
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02-07-2008, 12:38 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
Posts: 4,540
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All three and then some  Its hard to compete with mother nature. _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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02-07-2008, 12:44 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
Posts: 3,401
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All 3
Chemical-carbon
Biological-live rock and fluidized sand filter
Mechanical-filter sock _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | |
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02-07-2008, 03:31 PM
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#10 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 3,346
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ooops, I use 3. Forgot about the carbon.... | |
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