Need help with a change?

[jball]

Well I have a filter canister fuval 305 but I want to change it out with a sump or something! My levels are ok except for my calcium has dropped to 360 ppm but not to bad I have good levels on nitrate @ 0 ppm a'nd ammonia @ 0 ppm , Nitrite 0 ppm the phosphate maybe @ 0-0.5 hard to tell on the sheet looks 0.0 but I've had a red slime grow in some areas and had some good results at removing it by turkey baster but I have ask around and found out that it maybe a water quality so I have bought a RO/ID unit just last week did a 10% water change and I need to find maybe about something diffenent filter cause I know this makes a big deal on reefs! i have about maybe 20-30 lbs live rock with live sand and some lace rock that has live growing on it with a clown and i know "bad" to have a blue powder tang which was small when i got it and plan on going to 100 or more but also a small set of Zonthids with pc orbit lighting in profile but I want to get something more reef to start right before anymore with lights and tank i want to make it less maint! any help well be helpful I don't need bad comments! my skimmer is bad so maybe and better one with a wet/dry!or something cheap but good without diy! I not that good as I want to be! lol

[rhino509]

you said you bought an rodi water filter,thats a good start to having a nice healthy tank.HAVE TO get rid of the tang,i know they look nice,but it has to go,it will outgrow the tank on top of dirtying up the water.

what skimmer do you have? saltwater tanks dont really need filters other than the skimmer,although there are exceptions of course,thats its own thread,but an efficient skimmer with properly timed water changes,with the right amount of livestock,should be just fine in my opinion.


sumps are the same way,they arent needed,but are very nice to have.can hide most of the hardware in them,they bring more water to the system making it more stable,along with numerous other things you can do with them.(refugium ect.)

[jball]

I hav e Red sea Skimmer with the upgrade but I know it not the best thing but like said i will upgrade to a bigger tank and right now I had him over a year now and I know he or she need more room I would like to help with the red slime without putting in red slime removal to hurting the fish and I wasn't aware about the tang from the lfs until after having it for awhile but I also have one of those black spine sea urshine which eats alot of my coraline alge which is about to be remove but I wanted to know if the ro/di with water changes will help with the red slime on the live sand/ back glasss " it has help removing it but it still there! I know the tang needs more space I will remove it if I can't get something bigger the 100 gals. thanks for the input!