Whats In Your Chamber?

[leo77]

My 24g nano has 3 chambers in the back, the 1st chamber has 2 sponges in (fills it up), the 2nd has 1 sponge in the botton and filled up with Fluva bio rings and bio balls (I have removed the sponge in #2) and in the 3rd I have the std. 1100lph pump with a 150W heater. I bought a MJ 1200 to add for more filtration but after I installed it (3rd chamber) and turned it on it looked like I stuck the garden hose in the tank...way too strong, the sand was blowing all over the place so I turned it off. So that brings me here today, I would like to find out a better way to run 2 pumps and have it still have a sand bed left over...

 

[shafty]

umm....1)heater, thermometer
2)LR
3)pump

 

[LxOxSxI]

14g bio

1) Heater, cut overflow the whole length of the divider between 1 and 2 also
2) Live rock, removed trickle tray at top and laid floss in place
3) mj1200, and removed sponge (could use more flow imo)

put stock pump in front-left corner pointing towards front right corner to get a flow going from stock outlet to the tank overflow.

edit:
I also put some small flat lr pieces in the two front corners to prevent erosion.

 

[steelhealr]

Chamber 1: SeaGel, Allgone, ChemiPure, stock pump, filter floss changed weekly
Chamber 2: Refugium with LR rubble, chaeto, temp and pH probes and external refugium lighting
Chamber 3: Maxxijet 1200, heater, HydorFlo

Bioballs, ceramics and all sponges disposed of.

SH

 

[leo77]

Thanks for the reply's it give me a better idea of what others have and what works for them. SH I see you using Allgone are they the small pack or the big one's, why..cos a mate af mine gave me 3 boxes of the stuff but they all big packs for 120g + ?
Thanks

 

[steelhealr]

Allgone is teabag size. I believe that they DO help to reduce nitrates. Experience varies tho'. SH

 

[leo77]

Allgone is teabag size. I believe that they DO help to reduce nitrates. Experience varies tho'. SH

Oh ok, the one's he gave me are about 2"x3" and on the box it says for tank 120g +