Hi. I'm new to the hobby and this is my first post. I have a 37 gallon with a Filstar XP1 canister filter. I bought live sand and 25 pounds of live rock and have begun cycling.
I have a couple of options for my filter return. Currently I have it setup like a powerhead completely submerged. I was wondering if the canister filter in this configuration adds enough oxygen to the tank? My other options are a spray bar or some sort of combo. I'm pretty sure that the spray bar would help in this matter but I like the water movement and the clean look that my current configuration has. Any suggestions would be most helpful.
My second question is: Can I connect a plain old
surface skimmer to the intake and run
Purigen in my canister filter and get away without having a noisy bulky HOB
protein skimmer? (if I decide to do a few corals in the future).
I realize that an actual protein skimmer is probably ideal...but I've heard that purigen is like a "protein skimmer in a bag"...
Thanks in advance!
