finally got my 75 gals

[Marcus Fenix]

hi y'all...haven written here in a while, been kind of busy.

I finally got my 75gals tank last week. I made a thread about "bad timing" a couple of months ago. in june when I set up my 30gals, I met a budy of mine who was selling his 75 gals and some equipment for 100$.

what I got for 100$
75 gals tank
heater
403 Fluval canister filter
wood top
metal stand (which I'll be closing with wood so it matches the wood top)

so, as of now...my plans are to make 30gals tank into a sump/refugium.

tomorrow is spending day. I'm buying the skimmer, water pump, lighting, live sand etc etc etc. I'm buying a Coralife skimmer. the LFS guy gave me a 20% discount on it...pretty neet.
I intend on putting live rock and a live sand bed of about ½ inch in my tank. there will also some live rock in the sump but also nitrate and phosphate absorbing plants in the sump/ref.

I'm having kind of a small friendly argument on where to put the skimmer in the sump. I say where the water from the comes in and he says next to the pump where the water will be returning to the tank. I'm buying, I get the last word...hahaha

anyhoo, I'll keep you guys on my progress with the tank (I'm a happy camper...lol)

 

[Grins]

Put the skimmer in the section where the water enters. Especially if you'll have a fuge in the sump.

 

[Marcus Fenix]

Put the skimmer in the section where the water enters. Especially if you'll have a fuge in the sump.

yeppp, that's what I was to mister LFS guy...I hope Coralife skimmers are good?

and, it'll be FOWLR. don't comfortable with keeping corals

 

[Grins]

You just watch. First it will be "hey why not a little zoa or two" And then BAM! Full blown reef.

 

[Amphiprion]

The coralife skimmers are so-so. Not great, but not bad for the price, either. I would strive for an overpowered skimmer, especially for a fish-only system. It will make things easier and cleaner in the long run.

 

[Marcus Fenix]

The coralife skimmers are so-so. Not great, but not bad for the price, either. I would strive for an overpowered skimmer, especially for a fish-only system. It will make things easier and cleaner in the long run.

this the model I'm getting
http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~idProduct~ES33004.html

it's that one or some sketchy thing

 

[Marcus Fenix]

You just watch. First it will be "hey why not a little zoa or two" And then BAM! Full blown reef.

hahahaha, it's the pattern

 

[wantvws]

this the model I'm getting
http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~idProduct~ES33004.html

it's that one or some sketchy thing

I have the same skimmer on my 210g. It was a little twitchy at first, with the water level fluctuating a bit and dumping some microbubbles in the tank, but now it has settled down and seems to be working pretty well (in fact, I need to go dump it now but I'm trying desperately to avoid it). I have nothing to compare it to as I am quite the noob, but I like it and feel it was a good buy.
The one thing I did change was to get rid of the diffuser box and replace it with some 1" PVC and a piece of a filter sponge. The mod I followed is here....
Hope this helps!
Robbie

 

[Marcus Fenix]

I have the same skimmer on my 210g. It was a little twitchy at first, with the water level fluctuating a bit and dumping some microbubbles in the tank, but now it has settled down and seems to be working pretty well (in fact, I need to go dump it now but I'm trying desperately to avoid it). I have nothing to compare it to as I am quite the noob, but I like it and feel it was a good buy.
The one thing I did change was to get rid of the diffuser box and replace it with some 1" PVC and a piece of a filter sponge. The mod I followed is here....
Hope this helps!
Robbie

thanx for the input

 

[vorlx]

I have that same skimmer, I removed the diffuser altogether once I moved it to my sump. It works great for me. I also placed mine in the chamber that the water flows into the sump.