Microscopic life inside a reef tank - Page 2

LeJeune981 · 04/18/2018, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by AlSimmons

I apologize for not reading through the entire thread, but it kind of makes you second guess a filter sock, no?

After this vid... I stopped running a filter sock... I do run a mesh bag once in a while.. the holes are about 1/32 of an inch.. that way pods and whatever can flow through.. but waiste gets caught

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SantaMonica · 04/19/2018, 06:51 PM

But, waste is coral food too.

LeJeune981 · 04/19/2018, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SantaMonica

But, waste is coral food too.

Very true.. but.. my reef is still young.. and corals are pretty small... enough gets through the mesh still... well I think so at least

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LeJeune981 · 04/19/2018, 06:57 PM

Too bad xenia don't have mouths to eat the waiste.. I am running a xenia fuge.. they cover half the 49 gallon bow front tank..and spreading like wild fire... super trippy to see in person

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04/19/2018, 06:51 PM	#27
SantaMonica Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Santa Monica, California, USA Posts: 2,511	But, waste is coral food too. __________________ Inventor of the easy-to-DIY upflow scrubber, and also the waterfall scrubber that everyone loves to build: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1424843

04/19/2018, 06:57 PM	#29
LeJeune981 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Posts: 747	Too bad xenia don't have mouths to eat the waiste.. I am running a xenia fuge.. they cover half the 49 gallon bow front tank..and spreading like wild fire... super trippy to see in person Sent from my SM-G930VL using Tapatalk