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Message: [QUOTE="Waterbug, post: 151199, member: 2322"] Sorry, I don't read every post...but a Trickle Tower is just a pile of rocks (or rock like things made of plastic like Bio Balls). Like I said, people like to "improve" the TT design and that's fine for them. Unfortunately they sometimes like to present their design as a TT and that can get confusing. Welcome to the internet. Then I suggest not dealing with formulas if that's something you're unable to do. Instead use the trial and error method. Build whatever filter your gut tells you, measure water and deal with the results by changing water, adding ammonia binders, and adding more filters if needed. It may cost you some fish but you'll get there. The formula and thinking stuff is only used to reduce risk, save time and money, but it does take more effort up front than most people like. More funner to start building stuff That's actually a pretty standard way to look at filters. Filters aren't digital. They house living animals which work for you. You have to provide food, shelter, temp, pH, etc. Because they're living their consumption of food varies with O2, ammonia, KH, etc. So twice the amount is a reasonable target imo. The other issue is that without formulas and such it's difficult to know you have "twice as much" filtering than needed. So when most people say they have or built twice as much as needed it should be taken with a grain of sand...they have no idea. What they're actually saying is they hope, or tried, to have twice as much. [/QUOTE]

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