To FSB or Alae scrub, that is the question

[bstewart]

ok, big question here.... need opinion
Which would be the best to ensure low Nitrates for a saltwater aquarium. Only two option I want to consider as I don't want to ADD something to the water or have a huge amount of maintenance that goes with this. I have it down to two ways that seem reasonable to me from reading here. FSB (Fluidized Sand Bed) or an external Algae scrubber??? Would do the deeper sand bed in the tank, but have already got an established (fish only) setup that the clowns and tangs like.

Thanks

Rock on AAP

Bill

[devonjohnsgard]

I'd do the FSB filter with NPX Bioplastics. Awesome way of keeping down Nitrates. I do this for my planted tank and redose my ferts Also keeps phosphates down.

www.americanaquariumproducts.com/TwoLittleFishies.html

[Carl]

Mar 15, 2016 17:31:19 GMT -5 devonjohnsgard said:

I'd do the FSB filter with NPX Bioplastics. Awesome way of keeping down Nitrates. I do this for my planted tank and redose my ferts Also keeps phosphates down.

www.americanaquariumproducts.com/TwoLittleFishies.html

Devon's suggestion is the most simple and where I would start.

Should this not be enough, you can use a combination algae scrubber/refugium/deep sand filter



Reference:
www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Aquarium_Filtration.html#algae

Carl