Hey everyone!
First off, this is a fantastic site!! By far the best I have found and I just want to thank everyone for all of the postings and remarks..it has helped me out a great deal.
Ok, now to my question.
I'm a newbie SW tank owner. I recently purchased a 50 gallon tank and I went out today with the intention of purchasing a new Remora pro skimmer, live sand, two powerheads and a canister filter. This is all going to be used for a reef tank set up.
I got to the store and the sales clerk was excellent at pointing me in the right direction and explaining each product..but here is where I came across my big question.
He told me that because I will have live rock, live sand, a skimmer and two powerheads that there is NO need for a canister filter. He explained the the best filter system I can have is by having a good amount of live rock and live sand and that the chemical process would filter out any harmful ammonia..etc.
So my question to all of you...do you agree with him? As I said before he was great, but it seemed like everything I read in here tells me to get a canister filter.
Just an update on the tank. Got the sand in this afternoon, powerheads hooked up as well as the skimmer. Put the heater on to 80 and as soon as the water is warm enough and the water clears down (from the sand...I washed it before but it's still pretty cloudy) I am going to get about 80lbs of live rock.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks again.
Craig
First off, this is a fantastic site!! By far the best I have found and I just want to thank everyone for all of the postings and remarks..it has helped me out a great deal.
Ok, now to my question.
I'm a newbie SW tank owner. I recently purchased a 50 gallon tank and I went out today with the intention of purchasing a new Remora pro skimmer, live sand, two powerheads and a canister filter. This is all going to be used for a reef tank set up.
I got to the store and the sales clerk was excellent at pointing me in the right direction and explaining each product..but here is where I came across my big question.
He told me that because I will have live rock, live sand, a skimmer and two powerheads that there is NO need for a canister filter. He explained the the best filter system I can have is by having a good amount of live rock and live sand and that the chemical process would filter out any harmful ammonia..etc.
So my question to all of you...do you agree with him? As I said before he was great, but it seemed like everything I read in here tells me to get a canister filter.
Just an update on the tank. Got the sand in this afternoon, powerheads hooked up as well as the skimmer. Put the heater on to 80 and as soon as the water is warm enough and the water clears down (from the sand...I washed it before but it's still pretty cloudy) I am going to get about 80lbs of live rock.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks again.
Craig
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