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Joe69 · 02-22-2006, 05:23 PM

Cburns, this is exactly the way I had mine setup for almost a year.

Sponge in first compartment, live rock in second, and heater and return pump in third. This seemed to work well except for all the feather caulerpa algae growing in the display. I think it was due to the sponge.

I would clean the sponge once a week when I did water changes and it was really nasty. I figured I really needed it because of how bad the water looked coming out of the sponge.

About a month ago I bought one of those little fusion skimmers for the nano and had to replace my sponge with it. Guess what.....caulerpa almost all gone!! On top of that I really haven't got the skimmer to perform as well as I have heard other people's performing. So do yourself a favor and forget the sponge, IMHO it will become a bad source of nitrates and limit the flow of your return. Hope this helps.......

02-22-2006, 05:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
Joe69 Fire Coral Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pueblo, Colorado Posts: 73 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: 3 Compartments on Nano Cube Cburns, this is exactly the way I had mine setup for almost a year. Sponge in first compartment, live rock in second, and heater and return pump in third. This seemed to work well except for all the feather caulerpa algae growing in the display. I think it was due to the sponge. I would clean the sponge once a week when I did water changes and it was really nasty. I figured I really needed it because of how bad the water looked coming out of the sponge. About a month ago I bought one of those little fusion skimmers for the nano and had to replace my sponge with it. Guess what.....caulerpa almost all gone!! On top of that I really haven't got the skimmer to perform as well as I have heard other people's performing. So do yourself a favor and forget the sponge, IMHO it will become a bad source of nitrates and limit the flow of your return. Hope this helps.......