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Old 10-28-2010, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by fishytime View Post
what a lot of peeps with the AIO systems do is fill the section where the bio-balls would be with live rock rubble.....if you decide to ditch the bio-balls, dont do it all at once, remove and replace a handful at a time, so as not to upset the systems balance....
+1, LR is always better.

But if you keep the bioballs, as long as the flow through them is sufficient, things should be ok. But if you want to spend a few bucks, get the LR
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