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  1. Midnight_Madman

    Midnight_Madman Montipora Digitata

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    Also, is there much benefit to running double over flow skimmer into one sump(fuge) ?
    Will it screw things up, maybe one or the other become unbalanced?
    Thanks
     
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  3. suckafish

    suckafish Montipora Capricornis

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    technically yes, I didnt. It may be hard to get a good mix with the salt. Plus if you have sand in already you will kick up alot of it
     
  4. Midnight_Madman

    Midnight_Madman Montipora Digitata

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    I was just having a flashback. The reason I have a 50/50 mix of sand and gravel is from an old way of setting up a system. It was called Mesacosm or something like that.
    The LFS had me do a layer of fine sand on the bottom and then add a screen and put crushed coral on top! But over time the screen got moved around and I think I had a snowflake eel that was chewing on it.
    So everything got mixed up at some point
    Anyone remember that system?
     
  5. Peredhil

    Peredhil Giant Squid

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    CuC is Clean up Crew. Snails and so forth. Get them here once your ammonia/nitrites 0 and your nitrates reach ~20 on the drop

    ReefCleaners.org | Clean Up Crews and Macro Algae - Home

    They have a form to fill out and he'll make a recommendation. Very highly regarded at 3reef.

    if it's before sand and rock are in there, yeah. The first time. :)


    I don't understand what you're asking here to be honest.
     
  6. Midnight_Madman

    Midnight_Madman Montipora Digitata

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    I have 2 overflow skimmer boxes and I want to know pros and cons of running two into one sump vs one into the sump. Im thinking two would be better for circulation, but worried about balance problems.



     
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