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#1
02-16-2006, 03:36 PM
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Ruth,
Even to gut it and run it on empty.... you would be suprised how much gunk still builds up inside. It's disgusting... glad I trashed mine. Tank is much better off with powerheads and a skimmer 
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20g BB Mixed Reef // Coralife 150w HQI // AquaC Nano // Koralia 1 & Seio 820 // Jager 200w // AC50 
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#2
02-16-2006, 03:53 PM
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so...
Are you saying, its enough to just have the protien skimmer, and power heads? (and live rock ofcoarse)
I currently have a canister filter going, is it doing more harm then good?
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Nial McCracken 95 gal... Going well so far
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#3
02-16-2006, 04:09 PM
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The sad truth is that yes it will eventually cause more harm than good. They need to be cleaned almost weekly in order to perform efficiently. Crud is always building up and accumulating inside of it.
You'd be much better off to use your skimmer, and live rock for filtration, using your canister filter ONLY for carbon use. I wouldn't use it after a couple days of running carbon only. And simply use powerheads for circulation. JMO.. has been working quite well for me so far
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20g BB Mixed Reef // Coralife 150w HQI // AquaC Nano // Koralia 1 & Seio 820 // Jager 200w // AC50
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02-16-2006, 04:14 PM
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that is all I am currently running is my protien skimmer my return and a seio power head. some of the food I've been adding is hi in phosphates so I was looking at hanging a ac 300 on the side of my sump with a big of some sponge materials.
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#5
02-16-2006, 05:46 PM
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Weekly cleaning of any mechanical filtration materials is a must, ime.
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