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Old 07-11-2007, 02:14 AM
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i'm starting new 65 gallon tank next month . my question is filtraion? I was thinkin of a tunze 9010 proteen skimmer and a eheim professional wet/dry canister filter2227 is this ok set up what else whold you do , is this not good?
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Old 07-11-2007, 06:49 AM
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Tunze skimmer sounds good. I wouldn't get the eheim wet/dry canister. Instead go with a sump system if you have the space.
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Old 07-11-2007, 11:11 AM
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You really wouldn't need a filter if you set your tank with live rock. The LR will be your bio filter.
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Old 07-11-2007, 11:53 AM
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Well Lynn he would just need some sort of pad of some sort to capture small particles but as far as using live rock for biological filtration yep
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