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  1. luke33

    Alternatives to Protein Skimmers

    Yep, this is an easy question imo. Sure you can get away with no skimmer just fine. Just spend money on a gfo reactor, monthly gfo changing or weekly water changes and salt cost. The costs outweigh buying a skimmer one time. Just my .02 I don't do water changes, i don't do gfo and my sps...
  2. luke33

    Aptasia eating fish!! File Fish

    I had one of those file fish for around 6mths. It didn't touch any of my corals, but after time is started to tear up my fish's fins and chase them around. It caused a ton of havoc on my fish and i had to get rid of it. They are related to trigger fish and can get quite a territorial...
  3. luke33

    Just how big can an RBTA get?

    If you get a carpet your naso incident may be a regular occurance.......be careful with the carpets as they have a hell of a sting.
  4. luke33

    Just how big can an RBTA get?

    Jnarrow had some 26" rbt's. I had one get to around 18" but had to remove it because it started to sting my sps. If its growing that much i would assume it will keep growing if you keep feeding it. Maxx seems pretty dead on with his answer.
  5. luke33

    Green Slimer Coral

    40ppm nitrates, yes that could be the reason.
  6. luke33

    Is a G3 Skimmer right for me?

    I'm not going to bash the build quality of the asm's as they work fine, but they are very much so outdated. They are a beginner skimmer, easy to set and forget. They are super overated more so than most skimmers out there. If you like the asm's and don't want to run a sicce pump then look at...
  7. luke33

    Warner K2 or Vertex / Royal Exclusiv Alpha Cone 200

    The askoll i'm using pulls 90scfh at 73w with a pf of .53. With a pw. It never has startup problems and is quiet as can be. They last forever. As far as sicce's go they are great cheaper pump's and have the best air to water ratio out there. Problem is if you use mesh or to heavy of pw the...
  8. luke33

    Warner K2 or Vertex / Royal Exclusiv Alpha Cone 200

    Yep. Askoll=Laguna Max Flo= Red dragon=air star. They are pump's built by hagen, they call them askoll's over the waters and laguna max flo's here. They are then custom modified with a pinwheel and volute. Most are the max flo 1500, then the larger skimmers use the 2000 max flo motorblock and...
  9. luke33

    Warner K2 or Vertex / Royal Exclusiv Alpha Cone 200

    Maxx, those two are not comparible to me. A sicce vs an askoll will always go to an askoll. There will be no reliability issues with the askoll and years of performance.
  10. luke33

    Roscoe's 270g build

    Good stuff man. I have one boy. It was rough once he started walking, so 1yr-2yrs was the tough part. Now that he's 5 its cake, and he has a tank of his own : ) You can make it through with a sps tank just fine. Just automate everything as best as you can. thats what i did. ps: Let me...
  11. luke33

    Roscoe's 270g build

    Just one kid, you'll have time ; ) Don't give up just yet. How are the corals doin these days.
  12. luke33

    CPR bakpak gets a face lift

    Kinda reminds me of how the bubble magnus hot is set up with two pump's, except twice the cash and not as much air injected.
  13. luke33

    Reccomend a skimmer for my 40b?

    For a 40g i'd do the bubble magnus. They are my favorite budget skimmer out there.
  14. luke33

    SWEET!! new eheim pinwheel pump

    Its only 700gph though, i mean it can't be any better than 35scfh imo, but if its an eheim it could be the most reliable skimmer pump around....next to the askoll anyhow.
  15. luke33

    need advice. have a little different ? about aiptasia.

    If there is aptasia on your sump rock it will make it to your display. If the seed rock has any on it, then it will infest your dry rock.
  16. luke33

    Need help with finding a h-skimmer

    Go with the external hot bubble magnus. Very nice skimmer and no expensive pricetag.
  17. luke33

    Must see TV for the reefer: HDT Equator

    Wow, talk about nems! And what kind of fish are the one's at the very end with there mouth's wide open. I need one for my 20g.
  18. luke33

    How to raise skimmer in sump

    I take a piece of acrylic and put 4 pieces of pvc under it glued on, instant stand. Eggcrate will work too. You can have lowe's cut the piece of acrylic for you, then get a pvc cutter and piece of pvc and some super glue.
  19. luke33

    Need Help with Skimmer!!!

    .....or it just needs to break in maybe? If you just did a vinegar bath and threw it in it will take a few days to start a foam head. Right now it will look like soda fizz at the top, just be patient : )
  20. luke33

    What is this thing?

    Yep, never seen anything like that before, very strange.
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