do i need?
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Topic: do i need?
Posted By: siren
Subject: do i need?
Date Posted: December 09 2003 at 3:49pm
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if i have live rock and sand in my to be tank would I still need an undergravel or canister filter?
the tank is 36-gallon bofront |
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Posted By: Crazy Tarzan
Date Posted: December 09 2003 at 4:03pm
| I would go with a HOB filter/skimmer or a sump refugium filter rather than the canister. Don't bother with the undergravel if you already have live rock and sand. Just my plugged wooden nickel's worth. |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: December 09 2003 at 6:42pm
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Many people have created beautiful long lasting reef aquariums without anything more than sand, rock, inverts and fish in one single self contained glass box with lights, water pumps and sometimes a little help hanging on the back of the tank! But there are so many possiblities that work!
See Steve Lopez' tank in the Tank of the Month section of this website for one excellent example. Steve has a "wet thumb" in my humble opinion. There are others there in that section as well, such as one cute little 10 gal by yours truly. BTW - Steves specialty, Blastimosa Coral frags, are a hit all over in probably a hundred local aquariums. And there were some at Fish-4-U too. ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: ewaldsreef
Date Posted: December 09 2003 at 8:09pm
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I would stay clear of the undergravel filter there kind of dated in my opion. There are better ways of doing things. Mark is right there are tons of ways to do things however that doesnt stop with filtration. What works for someone may not work for you. They may have a bare bones system but also may be allot more aware of what they are doing. More filtration will be more forgiving.
Are you looking to do this on a budget? Are going to stock allot of fish? The more fish the more filtration. Also if you have corals are going to feed allot? ------------- Contact me for professional aquarium maintenance and localy grown coral frags. [URL=http://www.aquatitranquility.com][/URL] |