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06-22-2007, 09:20 AM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ontario, canada
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 |  getting 20 g going...need advice
Ok we started up a 20g just fish only, with a few hitchhiker shrooms. This started a few months ago. It has a damsel and hermits in it. The problem is my hubby doesn't want to get a skimmer, can he run the tank with a good filter instead of a skimmer. I know skimmers are the better choice but for a 20 can you get away with a good filter? At this point he only wants the damsel, and a bicolor blenny. Can we do this? He doesn't want to spend the money on a skimmer seeing as the real show tank is my 55g reef. _________ 20g
25lbs LR
1 hydor koralia
rio nano skimmer FISH: blk/white clown, damsel, yellow watchman goby CORAL: grn open brain, acan, torch, rics, toadstool, zoo's
INVERT:[/u] hermits, nassarius, astrea, turbo's, nerites, crocea clam
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06-22-2007, 09:46 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator |
Sure why not. I have a friend who has a 90G any it's been running for 4 years with out a skimmer. It's the nicest LPS tank I ever seen.
Maintenance will need to be consistent and frequent. Will it have a Sump?
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06-22-2007, 09:47 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Dallas,TX
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ive got a 20 long. It doesnt sound like you have a heavy bioload there. If you do the normal water changes i think youd be fine without a skimmer. A lot of people say EVERY aquarium should have a skimmer, but with average maintainence, and if you keep it lightly stocked, i think you will be okay
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20 gallon long,penguin 200 HOB,fluval 250 cannister,2 t-5 (10k and actinic),percula clown,diamond goby,royal gramma,fire goby, longnose hawkfish,open brain coral,2 feather dusters,coral banded shrimp | |
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06-23-2007, 05:03 PM
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| | Zoanthid
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Thanks, that's great to hear. I feel the money spent on a skimmer is such a waste on a small tank. In the future if my hubby decides to build on it with corals I would get a skimmer and better lighting but he really just wants shrimp, a blenny, and a fish. Can you recommend a good filter, right now I run the tank with a filter for a 40g tanks with the carbon sheets you get at the LFS. | |
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06-23-2007, 07:02 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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To be honest with you, a cheap filter is all that is necessary!!! Save the money for a good skimmer down the road!!
The filter should house a carbon and phosphate remover!!! And that is basically it with a good biological filtration base! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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