miracle mud in media bag?

Coderad · #1 08-30-2006, 02:04 AM

ok cool that makes sense. So as for my sump should I just leave it empty and add some carbon. Or mabey some live rock rubble?

albert_dao · #2 08-30-2006, 02:17 AM

Live rock has no place in the sump. I don't know where the idea came from (although I suspect it's a practice developed by stores just to sucker people into buying more rock) but it's ridiculous. Your main tank should be able to hold more than enough live rock to support overstocking, should it appeal to you to do so.

Go with a high quality (important) carbon. Figure out what you want to do with the remaining space in terms of equipment. Don't waste your time with MM in that sump.

Coderad · #3 08-30-2006, 02:35 AM

Ok for the carbon do I need to get a media bag to cover the whole sump returen or will just a smaller one in the sump work? (6"x4"?)

albert_dao · #4 08-30-2006, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Coderad

Ok for the carbon do I need to get a media bag to cover the whole sump returen or will just a smaller one in the sump work? (6"x4"?)

Carbon filtration will work fine as a passive process. If you want the most performance out of your carbon, consider a PhosBan reactor to fluidize it. Aside from that, just toss a small bag (high quality carbons only need like half a cup/100 gal) of it into the sump in an area that gets decent flow. Just make sure you knead the bag daily to keep the carbon from channeling.

Also, make sure you replace the carbon every two weeks or so.

Coderad · #5 08-30-2006, 04:07 AM

cool thanks for your help.