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Old 09/18/2007, 12:54 AM
pledosophy pledosophy is offline
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I'm not into filters or skimmers much. I'm not really into water changes either.

I use macro algaes for nutrient export and food production.

I prefer natural methods and have been doing such for the last 5 years or so. It was a big step removing all my filters completely. I do have them still in the garage. In certain applications I do think they are beneficial and would recommend that most don't try the types of setups I use.

Part of why I am succsessful IMO is that my tanks are not stocked heavily by most standards.

So far my tank is doing awesome, I'm really happy with the results.

I moved about a year ago so this tank has only been up since March so it hasn't really stood the test of time yet. Pic is a few weeks old. Looks much the same, but the corals are a bit bigger.



Here is a pic of the plumbing with the refugium sump before water.


Spraybars under the rocks really help to prevent detritus accumulation so far IME



My first refugium on my 44g tank. The refugium would eventually fill with macro and produce enough food to feed 4 fish, I still added live ghosts for the seahorses but they were all to big for the other fish.



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