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| Wet/Dry (trickle) filter |
   
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12 | 8.51% |
| Fluidized bed filter |
  
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5 | 3.55% |
| UV sterilizer |
  
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9 | 6.38% |
| Mechanical filter |
  
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10 | 7.09% |
| Live rock/sand bed (exclusively) |
  
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75 | 53.19% |
| Carbon filter |
  
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14 | 9.93% |
| Other |
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16 | 11.35% |
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02-22-2006, 08:31 AM
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Annother glitch is that most of us already have live rock and a sand bed. Oh well, I'm getting the picture.
Danny, I didn't have enough options on the poll to include combos. No soup for you. Banned for life!
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90gal Starfire mixed reef, 400W MH (Giesemann 13K megachrome/Icecap E-ballast), (2) 54W T5 Giesemann true actinic, 45gal sump (65W 50/50 PC), ASM G-3 Skimmer, Mak 4 return, Sequence Dart closed loop, foam backdrop, 120 lbs LR, 2" sandbed, & 1 dillhole running the show. 
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02-22-2006, 02:07 PM
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THE BARQUARIUM: 55 gallon cube - 50 lbs LR - ASM G3 skimmer - 30 Gallon sump - 22 Gallon refugium / frag tank - 4x 24 watt HO T5's - Mag 9.5 return - Pin Point PH monitor - 400 watt XM 20K MH in Lumenarc reflector - Dual stage GFO/NO3 media reactor - 6 stage RODI auto top up -Wavemaster Pro running 3 Koralia 2's. Fully stocked with fish, corals and usually some fine scotch http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=55041
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02-24-2006, 11:15 PM
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I am a huge fan of protein skimmers but unfortunately it wasn't possible to have one with my impossibly-clean-no-visible-equipment-cube. All I have for filtration is LR in the main tank and LR and chaeto in the cannister filter.
- Chad
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02-27-2006, 02:14 PM
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How does Chaeto grow inside on the cannister without light?
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THE BARQUARIUM: 55 gallon cube - 50 lbs LR - ASM G3 skimmer - 30 Gallon sump - 22 Gallon refugium / frag tank - 4x 24 watt HO T5's - Mag 9.5 return - Pin Point PH monitor - 400 watt XM 20K MH in Lumenarc reflector - Dual stage GFO/NO3 media reactor - 6 stage RODI auto top up -Wavemaster Pro running 3 Koralia 2's. Fully stocked with fish, corals and usually some fine scotch http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=55041
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03-02-2006, 09:03 PM
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Danny,
Are you serious... you aren't familiar with my work? Canreef isn't that big of a place; some of the members here helped vote my tank up to "thread of the month" on reefcentral a little while back. And the other day I called the owner of www.nanotuners.com in the States and he told me I was "a legend" down there. Get with the times man... c'mon, a legend! - Chad
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02-23-2006, 08:26 PM
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There is a serious flaw in the poll question. It matters not to me that skimmers exist because I don't use one, and most importantly I have no desire, or plan to get one. IMO skimmers are grossly overrated gadgets.
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02-23-2006, 08:59 PM
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I would think you would have to try one in order to be able to say whether they are overrated or not. If you could say you ran without one, then ran with one, then ran without one again, and saw no benefit with the skimmer, then you could say they are overrated. But saying they are overrated without ever trying it, im not sure how you would justify your opinion.
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02-24-2006, 10:42 AM
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I decided to make the poll based on the fact that the vast majority of reefers (IMO) would have chosen skimmers as their first choice. I wanted to know what people felt about other forms of filtration and open a general discussion about them.
Ozonators will have to fall into the "other" category, as most people have a budget that wouldn't allow one. Great input so far, Rich.
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90gal Starfire mixed reef, 400W MH (Giesemann 13K megachrome/Icecap E-ballast), (2) 54W T5 Giesemann true actinic, 45gal sump (65W 50/50 PC), ASM G-3 Skimmer, Mak 4 return, Sequence Dart closed loop, foam backdrop, 120 lbs LR, 2" sandbed, & 1 dillhole running the show.
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