Waterbox 10 AIO filtration ideas

[Saffier]

Cycling a Waterbox 10 for reef set up and I am hoping I can get some help with filtration ideas. It came set up like this: The first chamber has a filter sick, the second chamber has a layer of sponge, then carbon mesh bag, then bag of ceramic ring and two more layers of sponge. Third chamber is return pump and heater. I left it how it was because I figured they know best, but after reading and looking at as many vids as I can find, is there a simpler set up without having to dig out the sponges and change those bags? Should I get a skimmer? If so, what could I rid of in my current setup to make space for that? Its been cycling for 3 weeks and I would like to figure everything out before adding life in there. I have 10 lbs dry rock and 10 lbs live sand with Aquatop 118gph pump, and Aquatop 256 circulation pump. Thank you in advance for any advice.

 

[Ranjib]

Some of the things i can think of:
- intank media rack with chemipure blue.
- Aquaclear HoB filter as refugium.
- Nano upright algae scrubber.
- Tunze or some other skimmer (check marine depot video for this)

 

[Pntbll687]

I would toss the ceramic rings and get some marine pure balls or the brightwell xport cubes for biological filtration. You need to pick whatever is going to give you the highest surface area in the chamber.

Whatever you choose I would go
1 - mechanical filtration
2 - biological
3- chemical

No need for a skimmer on this. Consistent water changes will be enough.

 

[PookieGV]

I am setting up the same tank. What filtration did you go with? Where did you get the screen top?

 

[Saffier]

I am setting up the same tank. What filtration did you go with? Where did you get the screen top?

I am just running the filter sock in the first chamber and wash it every 3 days, purigen and chemipure elite in the second with 1 of the included sponges (probably will ditch the sponge once I get the courage but I was afraid of losing good bacteria since I started with dry rock), and everything has been going really well with weekly water changes. I think I will end up adding a skimmer and I have seen that the Hydor slim skim fits well in the second chamber. For the cover I just ordered the acrylic clips, clear netting and window screen frame kit on Amazon and cut it down, very easy.