It's greatGoing to look into the skimmer now. Appreciate it.
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It's greatGoing to look into the skimmer now. Appreciate it.
Would you kindly elaborate on this a bit more? I am intrigued by this option, is running a tank with no mechanical filtration feasible long term? I love minimalist approaches that simplify the hobby and save people money, lowering the barrier for entry two-fold. But it seems like water clarity would always be an issue, and having no way to concentrate the debris that needs to be removed would make maintenance more challenging.Do you have rock and powerheads/wavemakers?
If so, I would skip using any filters, unless you can find a decent hang on tank skimmer.
Sure. I ran my first personal reef, a sump-less standard 90 gallon, with no mechanical filtration from roughly 2005-2012. Just powerheads, hang on tank Coralife skimmer, and live rock.Would you kindly elaborate on this a bit more? I am intrigued by this option, is running a tank with no mechanical filtration feasible long term?
I don't seem to have an issue with water clarity. I can see six feet from one end to the other pretty clearly.But it seems like water clarity would always be an issue, and having no way to concentrate the debris that needs to be removed would make maintenance more challenging.
I have the Aquaclear 70 rn and it’s a champion all I have in it is Bioballs, a small piece of rock, carbon packet, and filter floss. Working like a charm right now.I would just get the biggest Aquaclear HOB filter you can find and call it a day. Very easy to maintain, you can run all kinds of media in it and these things last forever IME.
A canister filter can work too though, but like mentioned above you might be working a little harder to achieve the same results. GL.
What inline heater do you run on your Fluval 107?You can certainly achieve the same results with a HOB as a canister, but people who claim that canisters are a massive pain probably haven't used the newest generation of products. I run a Fluval 107 with an inline heater and skimmer attachment, and it takes maybe 5-10 very hassle and mess-free minutes to maintenance, which only needs to happen once every 3-4 weeks unless you are overfeeding an overstocked tank (which most people are).
I will admit that an HOB is easier to access and maintain generally, but know that the HOB option is always noisier and usually uglier.
SumpGet the HOB. Canister filters are a freshwater relic. The maintenance and upkeep on them alone is a reason not to use them. My order of preference:
* External sump
* HOB filtration
* Internal sump (AIO)
* Nothing
* Canister filter
I'm interested to, never heard of this.What inline heater do you run on your Fluval 107?