75g Canister run "Mixed Reef" tank

[ROOSTER1013]

Just wanted to post my 75g tank with a canister setup. Wanted to post this as canisters are not popular in saltwater. There is a few reasons why i have a canister and not a sump including not enough space but i have not had any issues and tank is doing great after almost 1.5 years. I have mainly lps/soft and just started adding some sps. Everything is doing great except gsp which ive had the longest it has not grown at all. Hammers are up in size from 1 or 2 heads to like 10. Also i bought 5 trochus snails and now have 200+ turned on lights in the middle of the night to take pictures of them as they usually dont come out during the day.

 

[Tahoe61]

Your tank is obviously doing fantastic.

I am under the impression that canisters are actually gaining ground in their use on SW systems.

I curiously priced them out recently, and wow they are not as cheap as they were.

Again beautiful tank.

 

[Bear22]

Just wanted to post my 75g tank with a canister setup. Wanted to post this as canisters are not popular in saltwater. There is a few reasons why i have a canister and not a sump including not enough space but i have not had any issues and tank is doing great after almost 1.5 years. I have mainly lps/soft and just started adding some sps. Everything is doing great except gsp which ive had the longest it has not grown at all. Hammers are up in size from 1 or 2 heads to like 10. Also i bought 5 trochus snails and now have 200+ turned on lights in the middle of the night to take pictures of them as they usually dont come out during the day.

Nice aquarium. I too run a canister system for simplicity sake (KISS). And I like shaking up the dogmatic status quo ;-)

 

[Nano_Man]

Nothing wrong with a canister if you keep up the maintenance

 

[Pico_Reefs]

Nothing wrong with a canister if you keep up the maintenance

That's kind of the beauty of canisters, there isn't much maintaince. I have only cleaned my canister itself once in the past year. I use an Oasa biomaster which has a prefilter that I clean every 2 or 3 months.

 

[myocean]

Just wanted to post my 75g tank with a canister setup. Wanted to post this as canisters are not popular in saltwater. There is a few reasons why i have a canister and not a sump including not enough space but i have not had any issues and tank is doing great after almost 1.5 years. I have mainly lps/soft and just started adding some sps. Everything is doing great except gsp which ive had the longest it has not grown at all. Hammers are up in size from 1 or 2 heads to like 10. Also i bought 5 trochus snails and now have 200+ turned on lights in the middle of the night to take pictures of them as they usually dont come out during the day.

Looks Fantastic. Doing a similar setup. How much live rock is that?

 

[myocean]

That's kind of the beauty of canisters, there isn't much maintaince. I have only cleaned my canister itself once in the past year. I use an Oasa biomaster which has a prefilter that I clean every 2 or 3 months.

Are you running the spray bar and do you have a skimmer?

 

[vlangel]

Just wanted to post my 75g tank with a canister setup. Wanted to post this as canisters are not popular in saltwater. There is a few reasons why i have a canister and not a sump including not enough space but i have not had any issues and tank is doing great after almost 1.5 years. I have mainly lps/soft and just started adding some sps. Everything is doing great except gsp which ive had the longest it has not grown at all. Hammers are up in size from 1 or 2 heads to like 10. Also i bought 5 trochus snails and now have 200+ turned on lights in the middle of the night to take pictures of them as they usually dont come out during the day.

Very nice tank! I also have a 75g with a canister and I love how uncluttered my tank and system is. I have the Oase Biomaster 850 canister (with an integrated heater and prefilter) with some powerheads. Successful tanks like ours with canister filters helps lends credibility that canister filters with reef tanks is a viable option.

 

[salty150]

I really liked the idea of having two large canister filters (FX6 or 5e 800, etc.) and just alternating every two weeks cleaning one of them.

Much cleaner look than a sump - and no salt creep, etc.

The only problem is the placement of heaters (unless Oasis, etc.), skimmers, probes, dosing lines, auto top off sensors, etc.

 

[Pico_Reefs]

Are you running the spray bar and do you have a skimmer?

I use a VCA random flow return and I have an ocean design magnetic overflow box. No skimmer.

 

[myocean]

Thanks ! I was going to use the spray bar for it to cycle then upgrade the tubes. Love to see a picture of the overflow box set up. What media are you using? Matrix?

 

[exnisstech]

Thanks ! I was going to use the spray bar for it to cycle then upgrade the tubes. Love to see a picture of the overflow box set up. What media are you using? Matrix?

An aquaclear 110 hob with and old hob overflow box modified to use as a surface skimmer. I'm sure something similar could be made for a canister. Just magnets holding it in place.

 

[Pico_Reefs]

Thanks ! I was going to use the spray bar for it to cycle then upgrade the tubes. Love to see a picture of the overflow box set up. What media are you using? Matrix?

Its the exact setup as the video above. The trick is you need to put you ato sensor in the overflow box otherwise its not going to work correctly.

Here is the one I have.
https://oceanboxdesigns.com/product/aquaclear-ac110-surface-skimmer/