GFO and Carbon reactor needed?

[Xclusive Reef]

I am planning a 75 gal build in a few months and wanted to see if I needed the following:

Refuge (Chaeto)
Carbon and GFO reactor
bio pellet reactor

I plan on getting some soft corals and LPS.

Question: I get it that at the start I am not going to need a refugium but once i start getting corals will a refugium be needed or can i use some other media reactor to take care of phosphates and nitrates?

trying to think ahead so I leave room for modifications like a manifold.

 

[Reefing Madness]

Needed? No, those are not needed at all, they just aid in water quality. If you do your weekly water changes, and use a good and capable skimmer, you will be fine. Oh, and you must use RO/DI water also.
You can carbon dose to rid the tank of nitrates.

 

[Xclusive Reef]

I watch a lot of yourtube and read a lot of posts here and people at some point or another implement media reactors or and refugium in order to keep nitrates and ph in control. I know starting nothing is needed until corals and fish get added to the tank. i guess my question is if i have a refugium, is a pellet reactor, carbon and gfo needed? if so which ones?

 

[Ou8me2]

You don't need any of that stuff let alone all of it. A bio pellet reactor with the proper amount of media will remove nitrates and phosphates but you must run a skimmer to run one. The Carbon and GFO is a waste in my honest opinion save the money a buy a better skimmer. Chaeto is okay but if you are stripping out a lot of the bad stuff using a skimmer and bio pellet reactor then the Chaeto may just die due to lack of nutrients. I like the keep it simple method myself.

 

[Reefing Madness]

If the Fuge is big enough, IE, almost as big as the DT, then you will not need the other reactors. Also, you can run a fuge, and a ATS, Algae Turf Scrubber, and I'd say you be in good shape without the others.