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Unread 01/07/2020, 11:01 PM   #1
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What filtration is your favorite?

There are a million different combinations for filtering a tank. What does everyone run? Refugium? If so what macro? ZeoVit? Triton? A combination?


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Unread 01/08/2020, 05:39 AM   #2
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Nothing but the work being done by bacteria in a tank for me..
Carbon dosing if/when needed to keep that bacteria strong/numerous..
Let the corals and other filter feeders be my only "filtering"..

I've done Chaeto and Turf scrubbers in the past and while each worked to some extent they were typically more work than I want to put into a system..


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Unread 01/08/2020, 05:07 PM   #3
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Nothing but the work being done by bacteria in a tank for me..
Carbon dosing if/when needed to keep that bacteria strong/numerous..
Let the corals and other filter feeders be my only "filtering"..

I've done Chaeto and Turf scrubbers in the past and while each worked to some extent they were typically more work than I want to put into a system..
no skimmer?


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Unread 01/08/2020, 05:12 PM   #4
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no skimmer?
While I have a skimmer running in the tank I have it set to where I fill the cup once every 4-6 weeks or so...


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Unread 01/09/2020, 03:59 AM   #5
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carbon dosing is like updated berlin method, hard to beat that


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Unread 01/09/2020, 07:03 PM   #6
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carbon dosing is like updated berlin method, hard to beat that
Is that not what Zeovit and things like that are?


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Unread 01/10/2020, 08:25 AM   #7
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It is, but diy with vinegar/votka is much cheaper form


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plenum/NNR/Jaubert...whatever u want to call it...


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