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adamsfour - most of us pulled out the ceramic tube biomedia and don't run any biomedia at all. It's probably OK for a fish only tank, but biomedia generally just creates a lot of nitrates. Most of us just let our live rock handle the nitrogen cycle as the rock is capable of getting rid of the nitrates as well. Some keep a bag of Chemi-Pure Elite under the pumps, as it lasts at least 3 months. In addition some keep a bag of carbon on top of the skimmer pump or on top of the left side of the skimmer. And some run chemical media in a basket under the gate, but that's only possible if you've replaced the RSM skimmer with a different one.
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