Sump questions...filter sock or not? (1 Viewer)

[kgk]

I'm with Leo 100%. I tried the sock on my 75g and I ditched it after a while. I saw little benefit for all the work that it took to keep it clean. I too like the "keep it simple" method he advocates ... the easier the tank is to maintain, the more likely I am to succeed.

<- lazy

 

[djreef]

Don't just go off of what you read on this thread. Really do your homework. Bacteria, Phosphates, Nitrates, Nitrites, Algae, Macro Algae, etc, etc... you really should start researching what benefits these "things" do to our mini-reefs, and how they can be detrimental.

Careful! Leo will turn you into one of us fish nerds with this kind of talk!

Seriously though, the best way to get the big picture on these systems is to read the many great articles available on the web and in print. You can learn a lot on forums, but never really understand and put it all together until you read up on all these that Leo mentioned, and how they are all involved in the works of our tanks. Then when you come back to these forums and others, you can sift through some of the BS, make your own well informed opinions, and even help others such as yourself with your new found knowledge.

My experience with you rocket is that you have already fully caught the bug, and are probably reading some article on fluid dynamics or denitrification as I am typing this.

Oddly enough, it is rather amazing to me how much of the horse hockey gets filtered out by the end of an online discussion. Once the people who really know what's going on step into the conversation, more often than not, the dialog evolves into factual discourse cleaving the charlatans and frauds from the discussion.

DJ