Comments on: Mud Bed Aquarium Filtration http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/general/aquarium-filtration/mud-bed-aquarium-filtration/ Information And Resources For Anyone Interested In Aquarium Fish, Saltwater Aquariums, Tropical Fish, Home Aquariums. Aquarium Care, Aquarium Equipment And Much More. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:21:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter Cunningham http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/general/aquarium-filtration/mud-bed-aquarium-filtration/comment-page-1/#comment-23889 Peter Cunningham Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:02:58 +0000 http://www.aquaristsonline.com/?p=695#comment-23889 The beneift of a mud based system is that it allows for various minerals and trace elements to be released slowly over time. After a certain amount of time these minerals and trace elements will simply run out and as Coralife Aqualight quite correctly said you will effectively then have a deep sand bed. There is nothing wrong with this as a deep sand bed in itself is an extremely efficient device. It all depends realistically upon what you are using the mud bed for? Is it your primary filtration, do you use a protein skimmer, are you adding any other additives, are you using it to grow macro algae etc. If it is your primary filtration and you are not using a protein skimmer i.e. like the ecosystem method then yes I would recommend the mud being changed in accordance with the manufacturers instructions. If you are using it purely to grow macro algae to assist in the reduction of nitrate, phosphate etc then realistically you may not need to however you will then need to start treating it like a deep sand bed instead of a mud bud. i,e, you will need to get some animals in there to turn it over to stop it going bad. There will probably be some in there but up until now you will probably not have taken that much notice of them. The beneift of a mud based system is that it allows for various minerals and trace elements to be released slowly over time. After a certain amount of time these minerals and trace elements will simply run out and as Coralife Aqualight quite correctly said you will effectively then have a deep sand bed. There is nothing wrong with this as a deep sand bed in itself is an extremely efficient device.

It all depends realistically upon what you are using the mud bed for?

Is it your primary filtration, do you use a protein skimmer, are you adding any other additives, are you using it to grow macro algae etc.

If it is your primary filtration and you are not using a protein skimmer i.e. like the ecosystem method then yes I would recommend the mud being changed in accordance with the manufacturers instructions.

If you are using it purely to grow macro algae to assist in the reduction of nitrate, phosphate etc then realistically you may not need to however you will then need to start treating it like a deep sand bed instead of a mud bud. i,e, you will need to get some animals in there to turn it over to stop it going bad. There will probably be some in there but up until now you will probably not have taken that much notice of them.

]]> By: John http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/general/aquarium-filtration/mud-bed-aquarium-filtration/comment-page-1/#comment-23888 John Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:41:32 +0000 http://www.aquaristsonline.com/?p=695#comment-23888 Hi. Straightwaway let me say that I have never kept a mud-based system. However, I would think your system inmates will advise clearly enough - if the corals etc are happy and extended then seawater quality must be good. It would be worthwhile checking when it is recommended to renew mud however, as if it needed replacement and wasn't replaced the affect would probably not be desirable..... Hi.

Straightwaway let me say that I have never kept a mud-based system. However, I would think your system inmates will advise clearly enough – if the corals etc are happy and extended then seawater quality must be good.

It would be worthwhile checking when it is recommended to renew mud however, as if it needed replacement and wasn’t replaced the affect would probably not be desirable…..

]]> By: Patrice Lapointe http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/general/aquarium-filtration/mud-bed-aquarium-filtration/comment-page-1/#comment-23877 Patrice Lapointe Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:19:21 +0000 http://www.aquaristsonline.com/?p=695#comment-23877 Hi! That is a great article. I have mud in a 150 gallon reef tank. It's been there for over 4 years and I was wonderring if I should replace the mud. Regards, Patrice from <a HREF="http://www.aquariumslife.com" rel="nofollow">www.aquariumslife.com</a> Hi! That is a great article.
I have mud in a 150 gallon reef tank. It’s been there for over 4 years and I was wonderring if I should replace the mud.

Regards,
Patrice from http://www.aquariumslife.com

]]> By: Coralife Aqualight http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/general/aquarium-filtration/mud-bed-aquarium-filtration/comment-page-1/#comment-22415 Coralife Aqualight Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:22:48 +0000 http://www.aquaristsonline.com/?p=695#comment-22415 Like you said, make sure that you replace the mud bed as the minerals and trace elements will be depleted and the mud bed will no longer be different than a Deep Sand Bed. Like you said, make sure that you replace the mud bed as the minerals and trace elements will be depleted and the mud bed will no longer be different than a Deep Sand Bed.

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