what to put in the filter and how much of it?

What to put in the bio chamber and how much of it I was in my local pet store and met a guy with a 180 gallon tank and only had a skimmer and sock in his sump claimed the 300 lbs of Fiji rock and sand bed was what was maintaining the fish.

 

Thats the berlin system. Live rock and live sand is the single most important part of a good biological filter. I ran a tank with no skimmer and only rock with success for 6 months. You could put bio balls in the chamber. Is this a canister filter?

 

or some of those ceramic rings (the marshmellow looking things with a hole in the middle)

 

no mike its a wet/dry filter I actually have twin setups have one running now 8 months gonna set the second up next month and just wondering should I change anything.I am Aim2pleez69 on you-tube my video is Heavy's 125 saltwater check it out and give me your insight.

 

Awesome tang collection. Looks like a very entertaining active tank. If its a wet dry I would leave bio balls in it. IMO the ceramic rings work better in a fully submerged system like a canister filter.

 

don't most wet drys come with everything in them?

 

I thought so too.

 

yes dealing with my local shop had a nitrate problem in my shark and trigger tank untill i replaced the bio balls with rumble rock

 

Hey mike is there a way for me to post that video on this site?

 

You can just post the URL that its at so people can get to it.