I've been on and on about tanks and everything but I finally decided on the red sea 425 Xl but looking around and most of the tank setups on YouTube are way to complex, and feel that it is a little excessive.
I like to keep it simple but having 3 reactors, UV sterilizer, protein skimmer, algae scrubber, and sometimes even more doesn't seem right to me. To me that's like stripping the water of all the nutrients and that's why they have to dose so much.
What I'm trying to get at is with a mixed reef with 5-7 fish would running red seas media cups with filter floss, Carbon, sea chem purigen, and chemipure blue. Then some media blocks, and getting a skimmer with a Refugium do justice. I want to keep it simple and not all complex, please let me know what is needed ?
I like to keep it simple but having 3 reactors, UV sterilizer, protein skimmer, algae scrubber, and sometimes even more doesn't seem right to me. To me that's like stripping the water of all the nutrients and that's why they have to dose so much.
What I'm trying to get at is with a mixed reef with 5-7 fish would running red seas media cups with filter floss, Carbon, sea chem purigen, and chemipure blue. Then some media blocks, and getting a skimmer with a Refugium do justice. I want to keep it simple and not all complex, please let me know what is needed ?