I guess systems not running sumps hobs just glass and water. I mean if your keeping up with water changes things should be pretty smooth not running a sump / hob.
Yeah i understand. Guess I wasn’t very specific on my question here lol I want to upgrade in tanks but not sure if I want to do a aio go with a sump or just rely on rock hosting the bacteria and relying on water changes. I’m only wanting to move to a 40-60gal ..
Yeah I run a fluval evo 13.5 and had a jbj 45 on order but decided to cancel that cause it being on back order. And was just thinking maybe going with a 40gal breeder and having no mechanical filtration and just running power heads etc.. do I spend maybe 500$ or do I spend over 1k lol
Nice ! I have quiet a bit of coral so highter nitrates isn’t a concern I suppose as long as coral are sucking it up lol I’ve seen a couple of people run zero mechanical filtration and their tanks and corals looks beautifulThis 30g system has a sump but there is zero mechanical filtration. No skimmer or fuge. Only a bag of carbon in the baffles. The sump is just adding water volume and housing live rock. My plan was to add filtration as it was needed, but the system is 5 months old and consumes nitrates like crazy with a low phosphate as well. it's basically an expensive AIO at this point.
Currently home to 2 clowns, a possum wrasse and CUC.
Definitely have looked into the innovative marine tanks And they are definitely nice. I guess it’s just a tougher decision for me to make because 40g breeder is 40g and the 30 nuvo IM would technically be a 25g or so (I’m guessing) because of the AIO filter section. I want more water Column
Very nice ! Yeah I’d only be moving to a 40 gallon and if worse came to worse I’d throw a seachem tidal HOB on it. Awesome tank
Right. That’s my want right there more water volume lol very nice tanks though
Live rock, filter pad powerhead, a few wavemakers, UV sterilizer, and a HOB Aquaclear 50 on back just to aerate, maybe if I ever need to throw some activated carbon in a pinch, although I haven't for many years. No sump, skimmer or fuge 90 gallon. Tank has been in various configurations about 25 years. Skimmer was the most recent equipment I dumped about 3 months ago? It wasn't pulling much of anything anyway running a few hours a day, and nitrates were constantly zeroing
Looking great! I've got about 70 lbs rock in my 90 and thinking on bumping it up by 10-20 pounds , for both a better scape and more biological filtration.
Yep! That’s who I watch with the zero mechanical filter system love his stuff
Sweeeet! Yeah like I was saying in above comments if stuff got to out of control I can throw a hob filter on to help keep things under control. Love the tank Everything looks happy in itLive rock, filter pad powerhead, a few wavemakers, UV sterilizer, and a HOB Aquaclear 50 on back just to aerate, maybe if I ever need to throw some activated carbon in a pinch, although I haven't for many years. No sump, skimmer or fuge 90 gallon. Tank has been in various configurations about 25 years. Skimmer was the most recent equipment I dumped about 3 months ago? It wasn't pulling much of anything anyway running a few hours a day, and nitrates were constantly zeroing
Stock
Yellow Tang, Striped Damsel, Ocellaris all 18 years, Coral Beauty 5 years , Eibli Angel about 6 months.
Lots of inverts and CUC I do find important. Several urchins, shrimp, strawberry Conch, tiger sea cucumber, trochus and astrea snails, blue and red leg hermits, brittle star, and sand sifting star, Long Tent Nem, Most of them many years in system.
Its mostly softies , which help eat up nitrates ( typical around 5ppm since skimmer gone ), a few LPS, and trying out some small SPS lately which I notice are growing better last few months albeit slowly.
2-2.5% water changes every 3 days, no dosing, and feed my own frozen mix along with nori and dulse. Also feed live phyto every few days.
It won't win any awards for looks lol,but it is highly functional, and minimal work for my purposes.
