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10-22-2005, 10:28 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Nashville, TN
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To be Skimming
Hi again. I have my tank up with water in it and lights on!!  . Went with a 38 gallon. I am using a proclear 75 with prefilter and a 380gph rated return pump. As soon as I get my cam working I will do pics. It seems you guys love them..
My question is.. for this tank what kind of skimmer should I consider? I read in an earlier posting about over skimming and don't want to do that. I have a budget for a $150USD skimmer.
Other question I have is coral placement and compatability. Is there a book or weblink that would have a chart showing these 2 things. My lighting is only a coral life 192watt. This is a 38 gallon TALL it is sitting over. So I want to be sure about placement and would like some education on mixing some softies.
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10-22-2005, 10:37 AM
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Rockin-Roll Mod
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Coal Valley Illinois
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Originally Posted by titanfan
Hi again. I have my tank up with water in it and lights on!! . Went with a 38 gallon. I am using a proclear 75 with prefilter and a 380gph rated return pump. As soon as I get my cam working I will do pics. It seems you guys love them..
My question is.. for this tank what kind of skimmer should I consider? I read in an earlier posting about over skimming and don't want to do that. I have a budget for a $150USD skimmer.
Other question I have is coral placement and compatability. Is there a book or weblink that would have a chart showing these 2 things. My lighting is only a coral life 192watt. This is a 38 gallon TALL it is sitting over. So I want to be sure about placement and would like some education on mixing some softies.
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In sump? or Hang on?
Do you have a sump? How big?
I use a super skimmer Needle Wheel, Works great for my 75,
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10-22-2005, 10:40 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Nashville, TN
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Im sorry would like to do it in sump. I am limited on space. My sump probably only has about 6 gallons of water in it.
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10-22-2005, 10:44 AM
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Rockin-Roll Mod
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Originally Posted by titanfan
Im sorry would like to do it in sump. I am limited on space. My sump probably only has about 6 gallons of water in it.
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Well how tall is your sump? Maby you could hang it on your sump?
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10-22-2005, 10:52 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Nashville, TN
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Here is the info on the wet dry as taking from the manufacture's website.
Pro Clear Slim Line 60
Designed to fit tight cabinet spaces
Capacity 60 gallon aquarium or 240 gallons per hour
20” Long x 6.25” Wide x 18” High
2.4 gallon bio area
7.25 gallon sump capacity
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10-22-2005, 10:56 AM
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Rockin-Roll Mod
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Originally Posted by titanfan
Here is the info on the wet dry as taking from the manufacture's website.
Pro Clear Slim Line 60
Designed to fit tight cabinet spaces
Capacity 60 gallon aquarium or 240 gallons per hour
20” Long x 6.25” Wide x 18” High
2.4 gallon bio area
7.25 gallon sump capacity
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Sound"s good to me, But i would wait to see if other people chime in on this one!
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10-22-2005, 11:49 AM
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Look at the Aqua C urchin pro
How tall is a 38 tall? Your PC lighting aought to support most of the easy to keep soft corals and LPS like Hammer,torch, trumpet corals. Most of the shrooms, star polyps and the like should do fine as well as the common octocorals
As always prepurchase research is essential
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10-22-2005, 12:03 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: waukesha, Wisconsin
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I have a 38gal with a 192 coralife on it and I do shrooms and polyps. They love it.
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10-22-2005, 12:20 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Walnut Grove, SC, USA
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how handy are you with DIY projects involving PVC and glue?
http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=49916
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10-22-2005, 03:11 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Nashville, TN
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I am not the best with doit yourself projects  But worth a look when the cost on that one is $60 and the Aqua C i was recommended is $226.
Hey Doug my tank is 18 inches tall I believe.
ski1297 what are u using in your 38 gallon for water movement? One of my concerns with a tank like this is dead spots.
That Aqua C urchin pro looks like a reasonable skimmer. Everyone here as told me to not skimp on the skimmer so I wanted to be sure I got a good one. |
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10-22-2005, 07:25 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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$150 for a skimmer = E-bay cause any good skimmer would be used on ebay for that little and that would be a Remora Aqua C Pro or a Coralife skimmer,
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10-22-2005, 10:31 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Lodi New Jersey
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check i know the proclear has a matching skimmer i have the pro clear 175 with the built in skimmer it was like 130 for the skimmer.It pumps back into the bio balls no noise |
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