skimmer on my 37 gallon tank?

[chrisjf66]

i have a 37 gallon saltwater little bit of reef tank such as (mushrooms,zoas,ricordeas,frogspawns,kenyatree,star polyps,some leathers like 2,zenias and like cocoworms and stuff) 6 line wrasse,2 percula clowns, manderin, watchmen goby, firefish) now should i have a skimmer? so far into 2 weeks i have an aquaclear 70 and a fluval c2 on it. but i see its getting alot of stuff so should i get like another filter like big up to like 75 gallons or somethhing with media. or like a red sea deluxe prizm skimmer or coralife 65g skimmer which is better or any others? cant get sump yet tho. but which is better for my tank it also has like 20 pounds live rock. or how is the skilter 400 power filter/skimmer ???????????

[chrisjf66]

i just need a quick answer

[Zebodog]

Did I read that correctly? The tank is 2 weeks old?

[chrisjf66]

yes

[Zebodog]

That's not good. Two weeks is barely enough time to cycle; certainly no where near enough time to develop the bacterial population capable of supporting that bioload.

A skimmer will help, but you need to slow down...you're going too fast. The livestock you currently have is appropriate at around 6 months to a year. The long term health of the mandarin is in serious jeopardy with such a small tank.

I don't intend to sound rude or mean, but you really should take some time to research marine aquaria - if only to save yourself a lot of money and a lot of frustration.