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acrylic51 http:///t/376802/415-gallon-plywood-tank-build/1900#post_3509948
Hmmmm Honestly wouldn't even bother with a DNW skimmer......Cones are more efficient, and the recirc part....There was never really any proof how much more efficiency you gained by running a skimmer recirc. With that said you have the added expense of a pump to feed that skimmer you mentioned so the price went up again......This was a thought process I had been going through with my skimmer selection.....The DNW200 is way overkill and worry some about stability.......A tad bigger is ok, but that's double if you believe the numbers......
I have run recirc skimmers, external skimmers, and added headache and expense to a degree.....A big limiting factor I see with a lot of in sump is water depth the skimmers need....1 thing I didn't care for is the water depth of the Octopus skimmers....I prefer to run a little deep water in my sump, because I have the room.....Certain skimmers such as Skimz, Bubble Magus, and a couple others will tolerate deeper water, and that comes down to the pump used.....I would if set on the Octopus line look at a cone and not look back.....I'd be looking cone regardless of what brand unless you were going to run something like the Orca skimmer by MRC.....
Nope just Reef Crystals is the plan.....Nobody can honestly prove that 1 salt mix is better than another.......
Thanks for the info. I'll take that into account. May be doing some skimmer shopping soon. My tax return is looking good this year thanks to some education credits
, so maybe I can fanagle some $$$ out of it before it goes towards my wedding later this year. (One can dream). I'll take a look at the list you recommended and do some more research as to the operating depth. I'm pretty sure I'm at about 10 or 11" of water in my first chamber of my sump. Not much room to raise a skimmer up by using a platform or some other method, but I'll have to recheck some measurement and then shop around. I saw one manufacturer sells a space-saver model, but I can't remember the specifics at the moment.
I'm running Red Sea Pro Coral Salt on this new tank. I used Reef Crystals before. I've been reading through some of the forums posts about salt mixes and everyone has good and bad experiences with all of them. I'll have to see how my corals do, but I'll also be 2-part dosing for the first time and I'm not sure I have much to compare against.
