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I went through the same decision on my 55 gallon. I ended up going with the Octopus NW 120 (not sure what the difference is) and it is working great....
I personally like larger rocks. It makes it easier to create caves and arches in your tank rather than having the rockslide look.
I am very lucky to have a really top notch store with a very knowledgeable owner in Virginia Beach. Reef Chief (reefchief.us) always has great...
I'm neither for or against bio balls. I dont use them because I dont stock my tanks heavily and I needed the room for the fuge. The bacteria used...
I dont use them either. I've got about 1.5 x lbs / gallon in live rock. All they do is give a place for biological filtration which happens on all...
That sounds fine but I'd add another valve between the T and the fuge to give better control and so you can turn just the fuge off if you have an...
Can you rearrange a bit? If so you can put your skimmer and downspout from the tank on one side of the sump, the fuge in the middle and the return on...
I have an octopus nw 120 on my 55 gallon and it works great. Aqua C makes a ramora hang on skimmer that gets very good reviews.
There are people on this forum that will say that is fine for soft corals. I would try to go with something larger but as long as you change your...
If you really wanted to go overboard you could go with two 55s. One as a fuge and one as a sump but I'd just use the one. KISS is my motto especially...
Not overly experienced but I would go with a 55 gallon fuge. It is a very cheap tank that would be more than large enough for that sized DT.
If I were using two tanks below the DT I would go with one as a sump and one as a fuge. I would use a T off the downspout with the water split...
You can look at the surface in the pictures and tell there isn't enough movement. The surface is much too calm to have good water circulation going...
Green Hair Algae? JK, it looks like a sponge to me too.
There isnt anything bad about that except for another part to fail and possibly flood. Just make sure to slow the flow down going into the fuge. I...
Use an airline valve. The type that has a screw in adjuster would be best but the kind that comes wiht powerheads will work to.
What type of water did you use? Tap? I found out the hard way with my fresh water tank that my city doses chloramine sometimes and chlorine...
They probably won't eat the snales but crabs are opportunistic so anything is possible. I have one in a 55 and he has been very peacefull and also...
The LFS I used to work at used an 6 or 7 foot tall section of 18" PVC that had been capped at both ends to store RO water. We went through it pretty...
I dont know how well that one skimms but I have an Octopus ns 120 on my 55 (in sump) and it works great. I really like the look of the one you found...
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