beachy Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 Hey all, finnaly made the jump to marine :bounce: The tank is an ar620 t, 130 ltrs, it has about 14 kilo of coral rock. Just set up yesterday, i have added some more ceramic noodles and some ehiem filter substrate to the filter, cause it only comes with a tiny amount of material. I'm contemplating getting some better filter material,if anyone can recommend something to me. I havent got a protein skimmer, well i have, but it wont fit unless i do some mods to the filter, and if i can get away without using one i will. Im going to add another power head, cause there isnt much flow in there at the mo, can anyone tell me how much flow i will need? if i can i want to keep some soft corals. Well any help will be greatly appreciated, and i will do some searching through all the threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 take out all the media cut the back section out & hang on the best skimmer u can afford http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... d=46362787 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachy Posted January 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 I thought you might say that, i was gonna get in contact with you, will my coral eventually turn into live rock? What kind of skimmer do you fit to these tanks? i have a berlin, but i reackon a hang on type might look better than having the berlin stuck down into the tank. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 An MCE600 should do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 What Jetski said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachy Posted January 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 So say i dont buy a skimmer, keep the standerd filter, and add a power head, will i be in for disaster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 So say i dont buy a skimmer, keep the standerd filter, and add a power head, will i be in for disaster? in the short term probably not, in the long term likely. all in all your maintenance regime will be alot higher - more water changes required etc. all depends on what you're wanting to keep - eg: the total bioload on the tank plus what types of corals. go the skimmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 Beachy come take a look at mine i can show you how to modify it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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