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I dont think there is any bad other than they wont help much.. depends on how much flow you have going through them... there are a lot of factors.....
Will need room for the reactor... 20x15 is plenty of room for a skimmer though... even my vertex in-180 is only like 11.5x16 inch footprint.
I did the same thing.. i ripped out my bioballs.. and where the eggcrate to hold them up was.. i siliconed in a sheet of plexi to seal of that...
I had no problems with silicone in my acrylic sump. I even used an acrylic baffle. I had to use a ton of it. But it ran for about 4 months til i...
Ohh yeah forgot to answer that part, i have a 700gph return on my 125g tank. I dont have any other flow in my sump. Just what comes down from the...
What size you got in the sump for a skimmer? For the price I really love vertex skimmers. Great made, bubble plate, etc. They have decent sized...
LOL gotchya again mike! Yes flow will keep the crap up in the water column.. skimmer will suck it out. Skimmers are the most amazing piece of...
Here you can see the snail poking its head out of ths monti.. its web.. and its web annoying the monti: [IMG]
[IMG] Pics online show a small hard tube coming out from the rock.. above is a pic of one of their webs.
That I am not sure on, but.. ten bux says its a vermatid snail. From what you said, its exactly what they do. They are pests in some peoples eyes. I...
Ohh yeah.. and dont worry about the skimmer.. will be weeks after you get the tank before you will set it up. Have to get the cycle out of the way...
First thing to buy.. a full test kit... Moving the rock etc around.. will make it harder probably for the cycle. So you will have some of his...
Sounds like a vermatid snail web to me.. they shoot these out at night so food gets caught in them. *haha beat you to this one too mikej! lol
Ehh nitrates wont bother them too much.. ammonia and salinity changes will. They are like any other invert. Its not that big of a deal. I had...
Nah they dont have that much force... they are REALLY slow.. they just like to pick small bits of stuff up and put it on their backs if they are...
Korelia's.. ehh.. they are nice.. just because they are a cheaper prop. They had issues with leaking current into the water at one point. The mod...
The key to salt is the biological filter, not actual mechanic filtration. Thats why you have to cycle a tank. If you dont know about cycles, please...
I will not run a salt tank without a sump regardless of the size. I just redid my sump on my 125. I had about a 30g wet dry i converted. Now i have...
If you go larger.. and better quality.. you will probably want to go with an in-sump skimmer anyway. I just sold my coralife 125 model that i...
LOL urchins are reef safe yes. People ***** about them b/c they will knock corals over if not glued down and so on, but my experience, hermits are...
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