hello from florida

mandarin11 · 08-16-2007, 10:14 PM

Hi all!

Just wanted to say hello. I've been hanging around this forum for a while (and blame it completely for my new reef obsession LOL)

. I figured that it was time to actually join.

I'm not a complete newbie to the SW arena, but close enough. I had a 2' zebra moray that I loved to death (He rolled over to get his belly rubbed just like a dog, whenever I stuck my hand in the tank.), along with some other fish (yellow tang, square anthias, percula clown, baby snowflake, and for about a day, a parrotfish that killed everything, including my zebra.

I'm about to start up a 55gal SW tank this weekend, which I intend to put corals in later, after it's cycled and ready for them. I'm have a wet/dry filter with a protein skimmer and plan to add either a 10 or 20 gallon DSB refugium with algae and hopefully a thriving population of 'pods.

Quick question on the fuge.

I was planning a fuge that sits next to the sump, under the tank, that is fed by a t pipe with a valve from my return pump, and then dumps back into the sump to be returned to the tank. I want to grow pods in my fuge for the corals and fish I plan on getting later, so my question is this. Will my protein skimmer, which sits in my sump, kill all of the 'pods that are drained from the fuge? I heard this from a dude at the LFS and it kinda freaked me out, cuz that would make the fuge idea kinda useless.

Thanks to all 3reefers for their help. I hope to learn a lot from you.

reefboy23 · 08-16-2007, 11:54 PM

Hello, Welcome to 3 reef

lunatik_69 · 08-17-2007, 03:28 AM

Welcome aboard Mandarin11 and fellow Floridain( I think thats how you spell it)

. I m not an expert on fuge's, but if you install the fuge after the sump( as in flow wise) I dont think you should have a problem.

Otty · 08-17-2007, 04:00 AM

I have my fuge fed from the OF then it gets dumped in the sump and returned to the display tank and I have no problems with pod. I return about 1,200 gph and the skimmer only runs about 850 gph so there is water that gets by it. You should be just fine.

mandarin11 · 08-27-2007, 03:38 PM

Thanks for the welcome, everyone. Wish me luck with the reef tank!

Reef Man · 08-28-2007, 02:43 AM

Welcom to 3reef! Wow, Sorry to hear about the Parrot Fish taking out your other tank mates. It must have been a real bummer!

sssnake · 08-28-2007, 04:35 AM

Welcome to 3reef.

omard · 08-28-2007, 06:00 AM

To 3Reef!!!

Good for you to jump right back in after such a devastating loss. Looks like you might have had a way overloaded tank & that is what killed your fish, not the parrot. If so, that is a tough lesson and can easily be avoided in future.

Good luck with new project!