f14peter
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Geez this research is a double-edged sword. After spending essentially every free moment over the last few months learning about saltwater fish and aquariums (and finding much contradictory information in the process!), my wife and I have concluded . . . the more we learn, the less we know! Well, relative to overall knowledge, but I digress.
Anyway, our plan is that since the tank will be in our livingroom, we're steering toward an uncluttered set-up. Thus, we got a 90g AGA tank (FOWLR to-be) with a MegaFlow3 sump-filter, into which we'd like to put a skimmer. However, on another website, the moderators/advisors are adamant that the skimmer should not go downstream of the filter media (Which it would in the MF3). However, after several searches on this site, I've yet to see much comment about that approach.
Yes, I can understand the idea that you want to skim the dirtiest water (pre-filtration), but would having the skimmer post-filtration in the sump-filter render it grossly less effective? Or, will it be not quite as effective, but still pretty good? Or should I just bite the bullet and go with an entirely different skimming arrangement?
Currently leaning toward an AquaC Urchin Pro w/mag pump (but like everything else, that may/probably will change).
Anyway, our plan is that since the tank will be in our livingroom, we're steering toward an uncluttered set-up. Thus, we got a 90g AGA tank (FOWLR to-be) with a MegaFlow3 sump-filter, into which we'd like to put a skimmer. However, on another website, the moderators/advisors are adamant that the skimmer should not go downstream of the filter media (Which it would in the MF3). However, after several searches on this site, I've yet to see much comment about that approach.
Yes, I can understand the idea that you want to skim the dirtiest water (pre-filtration), but would having the skimmer post-filtration in the sump-filter render it grossly less effective? Or, will it be not quite as effective, but still pretty good? Or should I just bite the bullet and go with an entirely different skimming arrangement?
Currently leaning toward an AquaC Urchin Pro w/mag pump (but like everything else, that may/probably will change).
