skimmer only systems

[Dale D]

I have run my 135g for the last 7 or 8 years using only live rock and a Red Sea Berlin skimmer. The tank does not have any mechcanical (sponge or foam)filter, or a DSB only about an inch of sand covering the bottom of the tank. Some of my bottom is completely bare. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_redface.gif[/img]

Once you have enough LR in the system, I would remove all of the media from the cansister filter and use it for circulation only. Or run carbon in it for a few days a month. Cansisters are good mechanical filters, so, if they are not kept clean they because nutrient factories.

HTH Dale