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Hi i am new to marine tank, i seem most of the sump tank for marine tank only have coral chip, bio ball or sand bed. Seldom see biohome, bio house or cermic ring. So can i put bio home inside?

5x2.5x1.5ft Rimless Dream Tank (06/03/12)
Skimmer - Reefoctupus

Return Pump - 1 x Eheim 1264, 1 x water blaster 7k
Wavemaker - 2 x mp40es
Chiller - Daikin compressor with coil drop in
Lighting - 4 x 80w T5 Pair 1(6hrs23/12/12),Pair 2(16/06/12312hrs 2 x 80w De-lighting Retrofit (1/3/12) -(15/11/12)6hrs and 2 x 80w De-lighting Retrofit (13/10/12) -6hrs)
Reactor - Dosing pump (01/01/11)


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Oh i see, then must put what media inside the sump? sand bed? my main tank will be putting sand liao so sump still need sand?

5x2.5x1.5ft Rimless Dream Tank (06/03/12)
Skimmer - Reefoctupus

Return Pump - 1 x Eheim 1264, 1 x water blaster 7k
Wavemaker - 2 x mp40es
Chiller - Daikin compressor with coil drop in
Lighting - 4 x 80w T5 Pair 1(6hrs23/12/12),Pair 2(16/06/12312hrs 2 x 80w De-lighting Retrofit (1/3/12) -(15/11/12)6hrs and 2 x 80w De-lighting Retrofit (13/10/12) -6hrs)
Reactor - Dosing pump (01/01/11)


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Some people partition their sump with a refugium, implement a Deep Sand Bed for more biological filtering. So can't really tell you what is best to put into your sump. For me, I put in LR and cheato. Maybe you can take a photo of your sump and post it here then the people here can give you advice.

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My sump will only be ready and install on friday, so me thinking what to buy to put inside. I got around 4kg of bio home plus, thinking if cannot or no point putting inside then i go sell it away.

5x2.5x1.5ft Rimless Dream Tank (06/03/12)
Skimmer - Reefoctupus

Return Pump - 1 x Eheim 1264, 1 x water blaster 7k
Wavemaker - 2 x mp40es
Chiller - Daikin compressor with coil drop in
Lighting - 4 x 80w T5 Pair 1(6hrs23/12/12),Pair 2(16/06/12312hrs 2 x 80w De-lighting Retrofit (1/3/12) -(15/11/12)6hrs and 2 x 80w De-lighting Retrofit (13/10/12) -6hrs)
Reactor - Dosing pump (01/01/11)


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Hi mengyang_neo!

Welcome..... Go and read the members tank and spec section, read as many threads as possible and see how people setup up their tank and get it cycle etc.

IMHO, bio home/bio balls/coral chips/liverock serve the function of increasing the surface area for bacteria to colonise and turn harmful ammonia and nitrite into some less harmful, nitrate. As for bio home turning soft in reeftask's tank, probably his ph is acidic and hence "melt" it after a long time.

I will think that all equipments need maintainance to operate in its optimum level and hence cannot ignore the cleaning part of bio ball/coral chips/filter floss/etc. Eg. u have to clean and wash the skimmer cup as part of the routine, right?

:) Greeting :)

Tank: 4' by 2' by 2' (CR antique)

Sump: 3' include 1' refuigm

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Hi mengyang_neo!

Welcome..... Go and read the members tank and spec section, read as many threads as possible and see how people setup up their tank and get it cycle etc.

IMHO, bio home/bio balls/coral chips/liverock serve the function of increasing the surface area for bacteria to colonise and turn harmful ammonia and nitrite into some less harmful, nitrate. As for bio home turning soft in reeftask's tank, probably his ph is acidic and hence "melt" it after a long time.

I will think that all equipments need maintainance to operate in its optimum level and hence cannot ignore the cleaning part of bio ball/coral chips/filter floss/etc. Eg. u have to clean and wash the skimmer cup as part of the routine, right?

i always measure pH, between 8.1 to 8.4 so I wont say acidic.

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I have 1 kg of Biohome in my tank for more than 3 years.So far no issue.

BioHome has more surface contact than coral chip,bioball,or ceramic ring.

I kg of BioHome has a contact surface that is more than a basketball pit

6.5 * 2 * 2 + 3.75 * 1.5 *1.5,(Decomn on 14/9/08)
4*2*2 + 2.5*1.25*1.25 (Decomn on 1/8/09)
5*2*2 (Fully LED light system, 140 3 watt SSC leds with 60 degree lens)(Decomm)
2.5*2*2(Fully LED Light System,96 3 watt SSC leds with 60 degree lens)(Decomm)

5*2.5*2(LED only)

Eheim return 1 * pump

1 HP Daikin compressor with cooling coil
2 Jebao OW40, 1 ecotech MP40,
1X6085 Tunze wm,

1 CURVE 7 Skimmer

  1 DIY 80 led control by Bluefish mini 

1 radion XR30W G2, 2 Radion XR15G3

Sump area lite by 5 ft T5 , 6 * SSC 3 watt red LED for refugium

1 Full spectrum E27 led light

1 CR control by bubble count

Start No Water Change since 1st Dec 2016

Add new 2.5x2x 1.5 ft 

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I put in 5 kg of bio home inside the sump liao, to kick start the cycle.

Will check the reading to see if it work after someime. :D

5x2.5x1.5ft Rimless Dream Tank (06/03/12)
Skimmer - Reefoctupus

Return Pump - 1 x Eheim 1264, 1 x water blaster 7k
Wavemaker - 2 x mp40es
Chiller - Daikin compressor with coil drop in
Lighting - 4 x 80w T5 Pair 1(6hrs23/12/12),Pair 2(16/06/12312hrs 2 x 80w De-lighting Retrofit (1/3/12) -(15/11/12)6hrs and 2 x 80w De-lighting Retrofit (13/10/12) -6hrs)
Reactor - Dosing pump (01/01/11)


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