DonW
R.I.P.
Ok lets dig this topic back out. I showed the below pick of my collection funnel for my new system to a friend. The first comment was why dont I use it for a refugium filled with chaeto and move the pump down to where the skimmer goes and go skimmerless?????
The reasoning made pretty good sense. There is alot of space for chaeto. Lots of flow gravity fed flow about 3K gph. The funnel is capturing the detritus and going to the sewer. The overflowing tank has more chance at getting the oxygen than the skimmer would give. The tank is going to be more of a lagoon anyways.
Now my thoughts are the tank is to small to have enough LR and still look good and be a lagoon. I dont want a dsb only a shallow sand bed. I want to run ozone for water clarity. I dont want to have to clean the glass daily.
Finally I hesitate just because Ive never seen a skimmerless reef that was much to look at. I would love to see some pictures of success but cant find any on the WWW so I really question wether or not it would even work.
Comments?
The reasoning made pretty good sense. There is alot of space for chaeto. Lots of flow gravity fed flow about 3K gph. The funnel is capturing the detritus and going to the sewer. The overflowing tank has more chance at getting the oxygen than the skimmer would give. The tank is going to be more of a lagoon anyways.
Now my thoughts are the tank is to small to have enough LR and still look good and be a lagoon. I dont want a dsb only a shallow sand bed. I want to run ozone for water clarity. I dont want to have to clean the glass daily.
Finally I hesitate just because Ive never seen a skimmerless reef that was much to look at. I would love to see some pictures of success but cant find any on the WWW so I really question wether or not it would even work.
Comments?