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Quick Bare Bottom Question
If im running an ASM g1x protein skimmer on about 130 gallons of water, would that be sufficient enough to run a bb reef? There will be a refugium running also but im wondering if the G1x will be able to handle it all.
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No, you need to upgrade to a bigger skimmer.
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If your keeping a bb reef I assume it will be SPS dominated? If so I agree with mfinn, say goodbye to another $500+...
If you are keeping mainly soft corals it's probably fine...
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Not even with a soft coral tank. |
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a G-2 couldnt even handle my 90g.
No way a g1x will handle a 130. |
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Soft coral tanks, maybe was a genneralization, which is bad... Many people run tanks without skimmers... even if the skimmer is junk, it may be fine for some tanks.
Maybe we should ask questions rather than generalizing... What corals do you plan on keeping? Are you going to run carbon? Refugium? Fish? etc... You can always throw money at things, but there are plenty of amazing budjet tanks... It all depends on the OP's plans.
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I didnt do that when I fisrt setup my tank, and as such struggled with my 90g BB for some time. It wasnt until I realized what was necessary for my tank to be more successful (based on the level of husbandry I was willing to do) that I dumped the G2 and stepped up nutrient import and export. |
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My tank will be a mixed reef, just a moderate fish load, but from the sound of it looks like I'm going to need a bigger skimmer... again. I'm starting over fresh and ditching the sand bed, so i figured that I'd look into upgrading. What size ASM should i look to get, G3?
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If you get one look into the mods such as the recirc mod and the mesh wheel mods. They will increase the proformace of the skimmer alot. |
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