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03/15/2011, 10:28 AM
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filter in overfly
Wow ! I consider myself pretty technical, I can fly an airplane, but this saltwater thing...complicated...I have a lot of questions. Thanks in advance...
I have a 29 gallon tank, 10 gallon sump, with maybe 50 lbs live rock and a skimmer. I don't have any real mechanical filtration to catch particulate stuff other than the skimmer. Should I put some sort of pad in the overflow box ? Is this a risk that the filter could clog ? I bought a setup that did not come with any filter. I see two types, flat pads and cylindrical hollow-on-the inside pads. Any thoughts/suggestions would be most welcome ! |
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03/15/2011, 10:29 AM
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oops ! that should be filter in overflow !
sorry, that should be overflow, not overfly...
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03/15/2011, 10:38 AM
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There is nothing wrong with using either type - as long as you clean them out frequently. (every few days). When dirty, they tend to become nitrate factories. Lots of people instead use a filter sock in the sump - have a few on hand and change them often. Others, like myself, use nothing.
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I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer |
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03/15/2011, 11:27 AM
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If you want to run lps or softie corals, don't have filter medium---for one thing, you have to change it weekly and it's a pita; for another, you'll take what the corals eat.
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Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%. |
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03/15/2011, 01:31 PM
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so it's fine to go with no mechanical filtration other than skimmer ?
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03/15/2011, 03:47 PM
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I don't even run a skimmer but my tank is all softies, zoas and shrooms - they kinda like it that way.
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I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer |
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