So being new here I wanted to check with you guys if what I am thinking about my fish only system could work?
So I plan to make a 20 gallon F/O system as my first saltwater tank. I already have about 3 empty tanks (all 20 gallon) but being in the freshwater hobby for so long I never really used sump systems and mostly relied on HOBs (Seachem Tidals) and Canister Filters (Fluvals and Eheim Classic)
My question is:
Is it possible to run a 20 gallon saltwater F/O system using the Tidal 75 (flow rate -350 gph) HOB filter containing 300 ml Seachem Matrix for Biological filtration and sponges for mechanical filtration. I don't plan to use a skimmer on this system as I've read that they are not absolutely necessary. I also plan to add sand and dry rock in my tank. To compensate for the absence of the skimmer and a Refugium I plan on doing 20% water changes every week and also use Seachem Purigen if necessary. My thought behind this is that, I have heard that one can run HOB equipment on a marine tank upto 75 gal and I want to keep the bioload as low as possible (2-3 Clownfishes 1-2 Fire Gobies (My Favourite Fish) and an algae eating blenny).
I just want to know you if you guys think this system could work?
and what do you think would be the possible challenges that one would face with this type of setup?
Thanks Already....!!
PS : I am not against sump systems, I know that they have a great number of benifits. But I have these HOB filters lying around anyways, so I want to give them a try before I go on spending money on sump.
So I plan to make a 20 gallon F/O system as my first saltwater tank. I already have about 3 empty tanks (all 20 gallon) but being in the freshwater hobby for so long I never really used sump systems and mostly relied on HOBs (Seachem Tidals) and Canister Filters (Fluvals and Eheim Classic)
My question is:
Is it possible to run a 20 gallon saltwater F/O system using the Tidal 75 (flow rate -350 gph) HOB filter containing 300 ml Seachem Matrix for Biological filtration and sponges for mechanical filtration. I don't plan to use a skimmer on this system as I've read that they are not absolutely necessary. I also plan to add sand and dry rock in my tank. To compensate for the absence of the skimmer and a Refugium I plan on doing 20% water changes every week and also use Seachem Purigen if necessary. My thought behind this is that, I have heard that one can run HOB equipment on a marine tank upto 75 gal and I want to keep the bioload as low as possible (2-3 Clownfishes 1-2 Fire Gobies (My Favourite Fish) and an algae eating blenny).
I just want to know you if you guys think this system could work?
and what do you think would be the possible challenges that one would face with this type of setup?
Thanks Already....!!
PS : I am not against sump systems, I know that they have a great number of benifits. But I have these HOB filters lying around anyways, so I want to give them a try before I go on spending money on sump.