Reefmat and Skimmer

[TheDon]

Hi Guys,

I was going to buy aAqua one MiniReef 90l but someone near me was selling a Waterbox Marine X 60.2 for a great price! So opted to buy that instead, he has modified the sump and removed the sock filter and glass. In its place he has a reefmat 500 and looking at the size of this thing I don’t think there would be room for a skimmer.

So question is…. can I just run the reefmat with no skimmer? I think tank is around 136 litres

Many thanks

 

[Jasongtr]

Many people run without skimmers, personally I wouldn't as it offers great oxygenation of the water plus I can run a co2 scrubber to elevate PH, but there are many opinions and approaches

 

[Solo McReefer]

Put a hang on back skimmer on it?

 

[TheDon]

He said his waters never been so clear as sock filter kept clogging up and he had too keep cleaning it twice a day. I will have wave makers and point nozzles to surface

 

[Jasongtr]

He said his waters never been so clear as sock filter kept clogging up and he had too keep cleaning it twice a day. I will have wave makers and point nozzles to surface

Agreed, my filter roll takes out loads and I don't need to change/clean filter socks, plus my roll lasts 4 months, I've never had a tank with socks but I doubt I'd like it...

 

[BryanM]

I removed filter socks completely when deciding to run a reefmat and skimmer