filterless system

[Drock169]

most reef tanks dont run canister filters

[xtreme]

are you running a skimmer?

[banditpowdercoat]

Just run a sump, with some slower flow. and Powerheads in tank. That will keep your noise down. I only run filters on my FW tanks. SW just has Phosban reactor, skimmer and the LR

[lorenz0]

IMO nothing over a 20gal can run a filterless system. I put in alot of time cleaning and doing changes on mine. a 55gal is to big and is impossible with to many fish. O have 2 myself and I think that is to many and plan on putting a good HOB skimmer on the tank to help me out a bit

[Carrera75]

My tank 50 gallon reef tank has been skimerless for 2 years and all my fish, corals and invertebrates have been thriving so far. I must say that my tank has no SPS and perhaps that's why I can get away with running a skimerless tank. So far my corals have been growing pretty well. In fact I sell frags often so to say that a reef tank cannot be skimerless is not entirely true.

Here is a link to another beautiful skimerless tank...check it out!
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...hreadid=893433

[tgoeujon]

i am running a skimmer. but no sump.

[Canuckgod420]

My wifes tank is skimmerless and its a 34 gallon cube with softies, lps, and an orange plating montipora...everything looks great, including the 6 fish and countless snails(they breed so much I have to move the small ones to my tank). It does have a sump in which we run a phosban reactor with 1/2 a cup of carbon, and a filter sock on the return to eliminate microbubbles from returning to the tank. The only flow we have is the return pump, which causes a lot of turbulence in the cube.

[marie]

Originally Posted by tgoeujon

i am running a skimmer. but no sump.

I've never run a filter on any of my reeftanks, a skimmer and live rock is all you need