Newbie Filtration Question....
I recently purchased a used 54 gallon, corner bow front tank. I'm a complete newbie when it comes to keeping a saltwater tank. The set up came with a canister filter (FX5) as well as an Aqua C Remora Protein skimmer. I have a 2 ft wavepoint t5 ho light. It also came with about 40 lbs live rock in the tank(I've added a few pieces myself), as well as 2 tomato clowns hosting in a hairy mushroom, 4 blue/green chromis, a yellow headed sleeper goby, a coral beauty, a few mushrooms, a few hermit crabs, and a peppermint shrimp.
So here is my question - I've had the tank for a few weeks now, and it's been doing great, the fish seem happy, and I've really enjoyed the tank! Maybe I'm crazy, but it almost seems as if there is toooo much filtration. There doesn't seem to be much algae growth, and the cleaners always seem to be very hungry. IS there such a thing as too much filtration? Also, it seems like there is alot of micro bubbles. Will these hurt my tank? How do I get rid of them?
Any suggestions/advice would be great. I'm hoping to get into the world of some corals with the tank, and I'm just not sure about the set up.
I've included a tank shot to give an idea of what it looks like right now (actually I haven't, I'm having trouble uploading the photo). The parameters of the tank are all good. Ammonia is testing at zero, and everything else is matching up to what the guys at Gold's and Red Coral have both suggested.
Thanks in advance!
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