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01-19-2006, 06:55 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 10
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 |  how does my new reef setup sound?
hi, my tank is 75 gallon and has been running for about 6 weeks.
have 40 lbs reef bones,25 lbs live rock,5 lbs live sand and 20 lbs aragonite making under an inch substrate,rena xp3 canister with bio rings added,a 275 gph aquaclear pump ans added a seio m820 today.
3 green chromis,2 small clowns,one yellow wrasse and a little fish thats half blue and half yellow.
coralife aqualite 260 watt power compact with moonlites. also a via aqua multi skimmer which I hate! want to order coralife super skimmer but want to be sure this time.
any ideas what else would be good for me? would I benefit a lot making a sump from a 30 gallon aquarium even just to hide equipment and increase water volume? | 
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01-19-2006, 08:08 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Jonesboro, Arkansas Age: 35
Posts: 142
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I'm a big fan of the sump application. Its just that much more water. The more water you have the easier it is to keep stable up to a point. Plus you get to hide all that bulky equipment (skimmers, heaters, calcium dosers, ect.)
On my 55 I run a 10 gallon sump with a seaclone 100 skimmer all underneath the main tank completely hidden from view. Works out great.
Eric _________ 
55 Gal Glass, 10 gal sump, seaclone100 protein skimmer, 2 pc 65w 10k's, 2 pc 65w actinic, 2 4ft VHO 110w bulbs, 135lbs of live rock, livesand/aragonite mix, coral beauty, percula clown, blue and yellow damsel, peppermint shrimp, Skunk shrimp, coral banded shrimp, xenia, leather, zoas, star polyps, button polyps, frogspawn, hammer, leather, mushrooms, long tentacle anemone, turbosnails, astrea snails, hermit crabs and a featherduster. | |
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01-19-2006, 10:24 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 50
Posts: 1,181
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get the sump and get rid of the canister filter _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
120g FOWLR, 260w Orbit power compact lights, Remora Pro skimmer, 30g DIY Sump/Refuge, DSB,Seio Power heads, Powder Blue Tang, Purple Tang, Flag Fin Angel, False Eye Puffer, Copperbanded Butterfly and a Moorish Idol  | |
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