Thinking of converting to salt water tank

IslandStyle

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Hi,
I currently have to 55 gal. tanks that are both freshwater, one is a planted community tank, and the others is a species only discus tank. I have been thinking about converting one of them over to a salt water tank (hopefully eventually a reef tank), but was wondering if the current filter a Fluval 404 would be capable of being used on a salt water tank?
Any opinions or experiences are appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
IslandStyle
 
Browse the stickies at the top of the Marine newbie Forum- most of us do not use filters at all.
Instead we use lots of live rock and aggressive protein skimming- it depends a great deal on what you intend to keep.
 
I just recentally switched my 37 gallon from a fresh to a salt 7 weeks ago.. i am doing a fish only with no live rock.. I currently have 2 clowns and a blue tang in there.. doing great.. all i use for filtration is a emperor 280 and a skilster 250.. i have 20lbs of play sand and 20lbs of live sand... water peramiters are doing good and fish are doing great.. i think that filter would be fine.. i am going to be getting a 90 gallon soon and doing live rock in it but i think you would be fine in the 55 with that filter as long as you don't overstock.
 
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