HELP!!

bigsimmer44

bigsimmer44

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I was just finishing up my water change for the week and cleaning out the media in my filter (Cascade 700 canister) and the top to screw on for the intake hose snapped. It is a used filter that I got from the owner of a LFS that had taken down his tank. How long will my tank be able to last without the filter?? I don't how long it is going to take??? I'm going to probably just go buy a new filter.
 
My question is how long can the life in my tank survive without my filter running?

I have a 36 gallon tank, with around 30 lbs of live rock, 30, lbs of live sand and 2 shrimp, snails, crabs, and a sea urchcin. I am just currently running a powerhead.

I think I am just going to head out and buy a new filter... are there any suggestions on a good cannister filter that isn't too expensive. Money is a little short right now, I wasn't exactly planning on my filter breaking.

Unless there is the possibility that a store might just sell me the hose and cap that broke, but I doubt I could find one willing to do that.

Thanks.
 
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Being new to this, I'm not really sure how that would work out for me lol. It would worry me that I just have live rock in my tank and nothing filtering it. I am alwasy nervous doing thing to my tank because I'm not sure if it is OK or not.

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If I did end up getting rid of the filter, would buying a protein skimmer be a must? I do not have one of those either...
 
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The live rock in your tank will provide all the mechanical filtration that the filter normally provides....that basically, is one of its main purposes....

Then, just buy a small powerhead to raise the flow in the tank....the little extra rock and powerhead will work out cheaper than buying a good filter aswell.....
 
Yep, powerhead and a couple pouns of rock will do ya fine!
 
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