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simple answer is yes, you can drop off the two cannister filters now as your live rock will provide all the mechanical filtration that is required.

another alternative is to convert one into a refugium...a little DIY work and your sorted...however, a little bit down the line with that part..

Glad you got the skimmers sorted....

Looking superb so far mate, kudos....

Niko
 
Thanks again Niko. Don't know how I'd get all this done without you.

Grins, the rock is on the sand. It's not touching any glass but all seems to be very stable. One of those pieces, (I think the one you mean), weighed about 40 pounds. I had no idea how to arrange it but my fiancee seemed to have all the answers. I think we some how fluked it. It really looks stunning and much better than the photos. She's a photographer and is studying how to get better pics.

I have to say, even with just the rock I just keep looking at it and thinking how did we manage that first up.

P.S Those remora pro skimmers h.o.t skimmers are fantastic. They are working like a charm and take up only 4 inches on the back. Every other h.o.t skimmer I've seen is big and ugly.
 
Well its been a week now and things are changing. I see a lot of greenish/brownish stuff growing on the rocks. In my ignorance I have no idea if this is good or bad.
Can anyone tell me if this looks right or not?

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Also I have two skimmers which seem to be working in a strange way. One seems to be blowing a lot of salt from the overflow outlet and is collecting a lot of dirty water but almost no bubbles.

The other is on the other end of the tank and blows almost no salt, has quite a few bubbles but collects almost no dirt water.

They are the same brand, Remora Pro and yet seem to be working completely differently. Any idea whats happening there?

Thanks everyone for their help.
 
Thanks for your reply.

Some seems to float to the surface and some goes down and is blown across the tank by the Koralia's. The other one has almost no salt visible anywhere around it.

The only adjustment seems to be the high of he collection basket which is the same.
 
dingo_53

Well its been a week now and things are changing. I see a lot of greenish/brownish stuff growing on the rocks. In my ignorance I have no idea if this is good or bad.
Can anyone tell me if this looks right or not?
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Greenish brown that you are experiencing is simply a diatom algae bloom..all new saltwater system suffer it, just stick with it, this too shall pass....

Looks absolutly fine to me...
 
Thanks for that. I'll stop panicking. Haha, a lot to learn with this.
 
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