100 Gallon FOWLR

[Steven59]

I have a 100 gallon FOWLR and a Fluval FX5 connected to the overflow I removed the foam blocks and all water tests have been good almost 0 nitrates.Will this setup eventually cause me problems and if so why?

thanks still learning

Steven

[bnumair]

i am not a big fan of canister filters. they usually end up harboring nitrates which in turn causes algae issues.

[Steven59]

i am not a big fan of canister filters. they usually end up harboring nitrates which in turn causes algae issues.

Well for a month I have had 0 nitrates and many have told me the same as yourself did if it does start i have an eshopps rs200 sump and am going to buy a Reef Octopus diablo xs 160 and a Sicce synchra silent 3.0 return pump one of the issues I had with the sump was noisy compared to the FX5 maybe the diablo and pump will quiet it down and thanks