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03-27-2008, 10:00 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
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 |  What's the best choice?
I have a 40g wide tank that I want to make into a reef tank. What would be the best filter for this tank? I am new to SW, I only have a self enclosed nano, and have never dealt with sumps, skimmers, fuges, wet/dry or whatever the hell else you guys always talk about. Simplicity and cost efficiency are about all that matters to me. | 
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03-27-2008, 10:12 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lakewood, CA Age: 34
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simplicity...LR. That's all I have ever used. 40G use a min of 40LB's of rock. I would advise 50 to 55LB's. I am also on the fence about skimmers. I have had them and not. I am not currently using a skimmer with no ill effects. Good luck and keep posting. _________ Kimmy | |
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03-27-2008, 10:17 PM
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I've never use any mechanical filtration. Live Rock and a skimmer is all you need. I would build an overflow and get a sump. If you have question don't hesitate to ask
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03-27-2008, 10:26 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
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So all I need to do is have live rocks to start with? I don't need to worry about any kind physical filter? I guess I would need a powerhead to get some current then? | |
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03-28-2008, 01:42 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
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What Jason said
Yes you will definately need some flow, you could get a couple of powerheads (maybe the koralia nano's) one either side of the tank.
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80gal with live rock (35kg/70lbs), 30gal sump, refugium with live rock, chaeto and DSB, Bullet-1 skimmer, Fluidized Reactor, T5 lighting (6 tubes), 4 x Koralia 3's. | |
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03-28-2008, 12:08 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
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I guess I've always had this impression that you need the water to be filtered mechanically... How does an overflow and a sump work? Is that something I can add in a year or so? | |
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03-28-2008, 12:19 PM
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| | Stylophora
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You can add it later but then you have to use an overflow and some don't like using the because they have a tendency to fail, or stop which isn't good. (floods)
Best way is to drill tanks and pipe it to sump that way. _________ I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.
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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
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03-28-2008, 12:46 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
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These are all things that can be done in the future though, right? In other words, LR and PHs will be fine for a few months to a year? | |
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03-29-2008, 04:26 PM
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| | Feather Duster
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well you don't want to drill in a year, you would have to empty the tank, just upgrade.
My 1st tank was a 40G reef with only LR, 2 PH's, and 2X96 watt pc's.
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