yeah noticed alot of salt creep gettin around ... drives me nuts
the protien skimer i have is jebo thing ... also drives me nuts i had to drill a hole in it at the top cos the rubber seal doesnt seal and water goes everywhere the lil hole doesnt effect the performace of the skimmer just saves my floor boards from rotting
id really like to remove the undergravel filter especially if its costing me more hard labour i cant really clean it cos of the live rock i got.. its pretty well covering about half the tanks floor, i guess over all im lookin for a pretty natural looking tank with out the "great look" of pvc pipes everywhere when they dont need to be and the gravel doesnt look all that natural under the rock ill have to look into the cost of some sand i spose
cheers
yeah ive got 2 power heads in the tank 1 runs my skimmer and the other is in there to create a lil movement on the surface <im told this is correct thing to do> how every i know my canister filter is rated to run a 2 foot tank and well mine is 3 im pretty sure im turning over my water 10 times an hour allthough the water presure comin out from the canister aint very strong bit of a trickle really