FO and Bioballs

[Sergio Henrique]

hi everbody,

I'm reading a lot about bioballs and everbody say is not good. But my tank is FO no live rock at all, and I don't want to get live rock.

So, What do I do ? can I have problems with this ?

or just keep the bioballs and take care with nitrates ?

thanks

[Reefland]

Hi Sergio,

Yes in your situtation where you are not using Liverock, and since it is a Fish Only marine tank, the wet/dry filter is your best option at this point. For a much more natural look, and natural form of filtration, you might consider the use of cured livercok in the future.

[Sergio Henrique]

I know the live rock is much better than bioballs, but can I have problems in the future using bioballs ?.

I just don't want live rock because is expensive, the price of live rock for my tank I can set-up a bigger tank maybe change my 75 for 110 gallons, and I realy like the corals skeleton.

The problem using bioballs is just the nitrate in the future ? or there is anything else ? Because the nitrates I can fix doing water change right ?


thanks

[Brian35]

Regular water changes, not over feeding and effective protien skimming and you should be able to maintain the nitrate levels with some ease.