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01-11-2006, 06:46 PM
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Well I've never had a mechanical filter on my tank before but they get filled with crud pretty quickly. All that crud makes a happy home for bacteria which in turn produce nitrates which affect your water quality for both fish and corals. In order to get that out of there I would imagine you'd have to clean it pretty often, whether it would be every week or every two weeks I'm not sure.
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01-11-2006, 07:00 PM
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As far as fluvals are concerned, what I've done in the past is run only carbon and bio balls or live rock in them. It significantly cuts down on the nitrate, and increases the flow through the filter for your carbon to utilize.
As far as your light is concerned, 96 watt Pc's will keep some anemone's happy. Considering that light is only one way for an anemone to feed, you'll have to have a regular regiment of feeding the anemone. I've kept Condalactis and BTA's under about 100 watts of light, but thats me. I'd continue to research this topic befor jumping in. Another alternative for your sandbed is to go bare bottom. It seems to becoming more popular and has even tempted me (die hard SB supporter) to ditch my sand from time to time. I think that crushed coral is only good for FOWLR tanks. (fish only with live rock)
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01-11-2006, 07:04 PM
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So if I ditch the canister filter (eheim) and go with a hang off the back filter and use some carbon in there?
(Sorry if I'm asking so many questions, but I just have so many!  )
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