32g Biocube filter

[mike12345]

New to saltwater I Just got a used Biocube 32 gallon, what should I put in the filter media compartment and in what direction I have all original parts and carbon filter cartridge

 

[Fish Fan]

Welcome to Reef2Reef and to saltwater!

Unless you have a specific need for any other media, I would run some basic filter floss for mechanical filtration (you can also use Poly-Fil, same stuff, sold at Walmart and craft stores to stuff pillows and is super cheap). A good granular activated carbon (GAC) and possibly some plastic bio media, largely just in case you need to quickly cycle a hospital tank (you typically want your rock and sand to be your main bio filter in reef tanks, not filter media).

I hope that helps, good luck!

 

[everpresentnoob]

Look at the intank media rack. They are designed so that the water flows down through it through your different compartments a little better than the stock rack does. in mine I hav floss on top, but I cut it a little smaller than the shelf so some of the holes are partially visible so air dosent get trapped under the floss, then i have a bag of Ceramic bioballs and in the bottom compartment i have a bag of Chemipure elite.

Using the Intank rack also allows you to have a decent refugium beside the media rack in chamber two. But for now mine is just full of rock rubble.

In chamber 1 i have my titanium heater and the Coralife skimmer. not sure how good the skimmer really works, but i do clean some goop out of it every week.