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View Poll Results: If skimmers didn't exist, which would be your next choice?
Wet/Dry (trickle) filter 12 8.51%
Fluidized bed filter 5 3.55%
UV sterilizer 9 6.38%
Mechanical filter 10 7.09%
Live rock/sand bed (exclusively) 75 53.19%
Carbon filter 14 9.93%
Other 16 11.35%
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Old 02-21-2006, 10:40 PM
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I voted other.

I would do a fuge/berlin style sump with a refersed flow fluidized sandbed to optimize bacterial cultures.
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i just used carbon and that's it......now it got a skimmer a year ago and i notice alot less algea.I had a eclipse canopy with 2 n/o 15 watt and "3 stage" filter on the 20, I have had my 20 gal since i was 12..... now 20. i never knew about all this info. on the net it really helps out lots!!!!!!
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I voted other.

I would do a fuge/berlin style sump with a refersed flow fluidized sandbed to optimize bacterial cultures.
did this statement come from a reef word generator? it doesnt even make sense.
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AHH, the fuge. I knew I forgot something...
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Old 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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Voted other for my turf scrubber.
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did this statement come from a reef word generator? it doesnt even make sense.
I can draw it for you.
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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.

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We have no skimmers on any of our three reefs and I replied other.

We use a combination of mechanical filtration and marcoalgae in the tanks.
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and marcoalgae in the tanks.
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I would use no of the above. I agree on the refugium. What about an Ozinizer.
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