boricuamed
Reefing newb
Hello to all:
I am a MEGA NEWBIE to anything related to fishkeeping. I have a 2 month old 55gal FW tank, and am now setting up a 30 gal SW tank. My question is: Can I just run the SW tank with just a protein skimmer and a power head (daily water change of course until cycled)? Or do I "absolutely" need some sort of additional filtering system (HOB, canister, etc.)?
My tank specs are:
30g "show" tank
Penguin Bio-Wheel 350
Berlin Air-Lift 60 protein skimmer
air pump
20 lbs of live sand
20 lbs of crushed coral (undeneath the live sand)
2 lbs of live rock
1 Damsel
Tank is 1 week old, and water parameters are: Ammonia 0.25 (after 15% w/c this morning), Nitrites 0, Nitrates 0, SG 1.023, pH 8.0 (low) 8.4 (high).
Any additional advice would be most appreciated.
p.s. Damsel and live rock are doing fine (just my point of view).
Thanks in advance... :Cheers:
I am a MEGA NEWBIE to anything related to fishkeeping. I have a 2 month old 55gal FW tank, and am now setting up a 30 gal SW tank. My question is: Can I just run the SW tank with just a protein skimmer and a power head (daily water change of course until cycled)? Or do I "absolutely" need some sort of additional filtering system (HOB, canister, etc.)?
My tank specs are:
30g "show" tank
Penguin Bio-Wheel 350
Berlin Air-Lift 60 protein skimmer
air pump
20 lbs of live sand
20 lbs of crushed coral (undeneath the live sand)
2 lbs of live rock
1 Damsel
Tank is 1 week old, and water parameters are: Ammonia 0.25 (after 15% w/c this morning), Nitrites 0, Nitrates 0, SG 1.023, pH 8.0 (low) 8.4 (high).
Any additional advice would be most appreciated.
p.s. Damsel and live rock are doing fine (just my point of view).
Thanks in advance... :Cheers: