New 75g tank with LR

[ikemeyer]

I just setup a 75g tank that has the following filtration:
eheim wet/dry 2227
prism deluxe protein skimmer
two maxi-jet power heads with wavemaker
and a ebo heater
with an AquaC remora skimmer (on the way, not installed yet)
My issue is, the tank has been setup for 1 week before I added 50lbs of fully curd live rock but now it seems I do not have sufficient mechanical filtration. Will I need a separate canister filter for mechanical filtration? If your wondering, the 75g tank is not a reef tank.

 

[grubsnaek]

i would ix-ney the canister filters either build a sump with fuge or get a hang on fuge. another this would be to get one good skimmer. i have seen set ups with two skimmers and only one really works. so that might just be added heat and waste of elect. 75g is a nice size tank so i would do some more research. just wondering how much live rock do you have to more the better for a reef tank.

 

[ikemeyer]

I'm thinking about getting 50 more pounds of LR. that will give me a total of 100 lbs. A sump would be nice but I do not have a drilled tank and i'm a bit concerned with the siphon HOB overflow kits you can get for a sump. I am thinking of a good mechanical canister filter. Thoughts?

 

[ikemeyer]

Currently, I have 50lbs of fiji and was planning on another 25lbs of fiji and 25lbs of tonga rock. Since I have posted this, most of the junk floating in my tank has cleared up after I removed the pre-foam filter from the eheim wet/dry. From my research the prism protein skimmer is listed as a pile of junk so a purchased a AquaC Remora w/maxi-jet 1200. I hope this will help improve the water quality.