Woops dkh & Kent Superbuffer

[Aquattro]

Justin, try not using the cannister. The bacteria in there could be using a lot of O2 and giving off CO2.

[Canadian Man]

Originally Posted by reef_raf

Justin, try not using the cannister. The bacteria in there could be using a lot of O2 and giving off CO2.

Great point Brad!
Just to reassure you Justin, in the beginning of my tank I had (sadly enough) an eheim 2213 and a fluval 404 on the tank. After doing my rookie research I decided I had plenty of live rock and disconnected them one day. Tank didn't even flinch or miss a beat.
No spikes in any levels what so ever.

[Justin]

I have done Berlin style tanks before, but this tank, I plan to have extra bioload. I have a Small small snowflake eel right now, but I plan to add some centrophyge in a number of months. I don't know how much waste the eels is going to produce, so I worry there will not be enough rock to handle the load. What you guys think? I know the canister will be producing a certain amount of nitrate, but I am hoping I will have enough rock to de nitrify the tank. If not I will either increase water changes or build a de nitrifying filter. What ya think? As far as janitors go, I have 5 Zebra nerite Snails, a large Spider hermit crab and a really big blue knuckle hermit crab, as well as a pair of Small cleaner Shrimp. Do you think adding some more janitors and turfing the filter would do the trick? If so which ones? Thanks!

[Aquattro]

Justin, I had 2 triggers in my 75 reef and I didn't need additional filtration over the rock/dsb. The eel shouldn't be a problem.

[Justin]

The eel by it self won't be a problem, but this tank will be FOWLR. I plan to add a few more specimens, likely Centrophyge.

[Aquattro]

Justin, the dwarf angels won't add a significant amount to the bioload, unless you're adding many!!

[Justin]

Allright. I think I will grab a skimmer then turf the filter. Thanks for all the help everyone, espicially Brad!