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by **lisamarie1961** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:34 pm

The reef octopus looks like "mother" of all skimmers I will have to save a little but I will get this for sure. So no sumps are required? Thanks for this info.

by **fihsboy** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:11 am

You dont have to have a sump.....but it will help you in the long run with added water volume......and you can hide your heater and skimmer. If you dont mind those being in your tank....and your keeping it simple...dont waste your energy on a sump. Im running a calcium reactor and auto top off....which is a lot easier to just run a sump with the two. The pump that comes with that skimmer, is a beast. You can get a pinwheel for the Sicce pumps that will pull 29scfh of air....which is about as much as your going to get with a skimmer that small and powerful. Im moddifying my Octopus skimmer now, and it should pull about the same amount of air...(I have an older model, the new models already rock) You wont be dissapointed. I actually saw a mod for the seaclone skimmers that makes them decent if your interested, its the same mod im doing with my skimmer. Im doing a write up on it tomorrow when I do the mod, it will cost less then 10 bucks....and it will increase performance by around 30-40% with any skimmer. :)

by **lisamarie1961** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:42 am

Thanks again I can`t wait until Im able to upgrade my skimmer. Like I said, I have only been in the salt aquariums for a year now and Im still learing things. Thanks keep me posted on anything!

by **lisamarie1961** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:06 pm

Thanks everyone for all the info.

by **fihsboy** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:38 pm

btw, I did the mod on my skimmer, im hooking it up tomorrow. I saw a seaclone skimmer with a pinwheel mod and it was pulling pretty nice skimmate. its always worth a try...could save you some money.....but even with it modified it wont pull like the reef octopus would. :) im a big fan of squeezing my pennys to there last little bit.

by **lisamarie1961** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 12:00 pm

What is necessary for a butterfly fish. I have tried a few and the arguia I love I just cannot keep a butterfly fish for some reason. There is nothing wrong with my water quality. Can someone help!

by **lisamarie1961** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 6:34 pm

I would like to know if I have to much airflow in my taan. I just added Koralia 3`s x2 I have koralia`s 1`s x2, my filstar xp3 canister flowing in my 125gal. I see some of my fish are having a time with the current. Is this to much current for the tank?

by **fihsboy** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:00 am

The only problem I see is "filstar xp3 canister" how often do you clean it? Every week at least I hope, if not....your causing problems for yourself. My lfs has 5 Koralia 8's on his 250....thats 16,000gph in just flow......so I dont think thats your problem. fish are used to massive amounts of flow in the ocean. Butterfly fish peck at corals, so add with caution. I have no idea why it would be dying though. Are you acclimating them? How long have they been at the lfs? I would ask to put it on hold for a few weeks. then come back and get it in a few weeks........then you know its healthy.

by **lisamarie1961** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:46 am

Thanks... No I do not clean my canister once a week. I would really like to get rid of that canister if I could. If I get the skimmer you talked about earler the Octopus Skimmer could I do away with my canister filter, and if I got the skimmer and did away with the canister...if at all possible...would I have to run it 24/7? I really like that skimmer and Iwould like to get rid of the spray bars that goes to the canister.

by **fihsboy** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:00 pm

You could get rid of the canister now. Its probably doing more harm than good. Yeah, you usually run the skimmer 24/7 but it will pull some massive amounts of stuff out of your tank. :) If you have live rock in your tank.......you dont really need your canister.

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