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Dawlfandav

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If you say to remove your sponge filters, how do you get the water to stay clear? I use a wet/dry with a built in skimmer...aqua clear aquatics.....and bioballs. The skimmer works pretty darn well. Will the skimmer remove any debris in the water?

[ October 19, 2001: Message edited by: Dawlfandav ]
 
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Anonymous

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The water stays clear all by itself. The water in a natural reef isn't cloudy is it???

In a mature tank with filter feeders there are plenty of consumers to trap particulate matter.
 

Dawlfandav

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Mick I wouldnt know about how it would be without the sponge prefilter. Ive never ran my tank without it. ANd saying the natural reef isnt cloudy is kind of comparing apples and oranges. The reef tank is a closed system that has too many variables to be compared in that context.
 

danmhippo

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Detritus will eventually settle down to either the sandbed, the sump, a less water movement corner, or under the rocks where there is less flow. By theory, your detrivores will find it and congregate at those locations to finish them off. Using a sponge will get your water clear faster, but the ones that not picked up by the sponge will congregate in one of the above mentioned places, anyway.

One way to test, with your system running with sponge, lift up a couple pieces of rocks. Most likely, you will stir up a cloud of detritus, even with sponge in active duty.
 

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