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After doing a decent amount of research the past few days, I came to realize that running a new canister filter on my tank has seemingly led to nitrate issues. There are only 2 clowns and 1 small blenny in tank, yet nitrates have been an issue. I was unaware that many people label canisters as nitrate factories in the saltwater community. I plan on returning it and changing to an alternative. Regretfully, a sump is not feasible as I simply cannot fit anything under my stand. I do have an Aquamaxx 1.5 HOB skimmer arriving tomorrow. I have considered installing a hob refugium (preferably) or a hob filter (last resort) and running whichever alongside the skimmer. Would that work? Any possibility I could solely run the skimmer? My guess is that hob refugium and skimmer would work but just want some more experienced opinions. Have never run a refugium before, so would need some advice. Tank is 37g, currently FOWLR but was hoping to get into some beginner lps corals eventually.
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