no skimmer

Hi guys, My husband and I have a 60 gal tank that has 55 lbs of LR, 40 lbs of LS, two wavemakers, and an Aquaclear 110 running with biohome media and crushed coral to help the ph. My husband and I hooked up our hob protein skimmer last night and it ended up horribly. We spent hours trying to...

I have a 20 gallon tank I would like to put in the basement below my display tank and use it as a sump. My real question is can I just plumb it in and start using it for more water volume and so my water changes in the basement.

Is it possible if you have enough live rock, enough water movement, and you do a 10-15% water change a week to go skimmerless on maybe a 55 or 75 gallon tank. Just curious because i just talked to a guy that said it was, and that it was the "new" thing that they were finding out. I know that...

So I've had my 100 gal tank up for roughly six months, and my nitrates are still undetectable. I do a 15% water change about every month. I have a sump, some macro in the tank, reactor with carbon, 3-5" deep sand bed, and a Prizm skimmer (ha ha, I know). I remove about a 1/2 cup of hair algae...