I currently have a red sea reefer 250, this has a 55g display and a 10g sump. In the sump I have a tiny refugium and the bigger area is taken up by my skimmer (a red sea rsk 300). I'm doing a weekly water change of 5-10% and my nitrates are typically close enough to 0 that I occasionally have to dose to increase them. The tank has a mix of soft and LPS corals, 2 clowns, 2 cardinals, a lawnmower goby and an engineer goby.
What I was wondering is if I could simply do away with the skimmer, take out the divider in the sump and just run a bigger refugium with more cheato?
I'm tempted to do this for a couple of reasons, firstly, my skimmer is loud. I had a long thread with red sea about this, whilst they sent me some new bearings it hasn't helped much. Secondly, it would be nice to make the sump a bit more spacious as it's currently very tight. Lastly, I'd like to have a bigger area to grow pods and to use for QT. Apologies, if this is a stupid question, I'm still quite new to the game!
What I was wondering is if I could simply do away with the skimmer, take out the divider in the sump and just run a bigger refugium with more cheato?
I'm tempted to do this for a couple of reasons, firstly, my skimmer is loud. I had a long thread with red sea about this, whilst they sent me some new bearings it hasn't helped much. Secondly, it would be nice to make the sump a bit more spacious as it's currently very tight. Lastly, I'd like to have a bigger area to grow pods and to use for QT. Apologies, if this is a stupid question, I'm still quite new to the game!