I’ve had my 75g reef tank for just over a year. I love it. Even better, my wife has grown to appreciate it and asks if I’m upgrading. I don’t want to spend a chunk of money at this time so I’m holding out on an upgrade for at least a year. Once I do it will be a 125-150g DT with sump setup.
With that being said, I’d like to plan some upgrades for the 75g. My next purchase was going to be a Tidal 110 HOB Filter. After some thought, I felt that a skimmer may be a better option if I had to get one or the other.
Any recommendations on HOB filter VS. skimmer for my setup?
PH: 7.8
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrites: 0ppm
Nitrates: 30ppm (typically hovers around 20-40ppm)
Temp: 78*
Salinity: 1.025
*figures are from API tests. I have not checked any other parameters to date.
Filtration: Marineland internal canister filter w/Seachem matrix media, 100lbs. of live rock. 20% water changes biweekly. Contemplating moving to weekly due to aforementioned nitrate creep between each water change.
Marine life: 20 corals (various softies and LPS), 9 fish (2 Mocha clowns, 1 Gold nugget maroon clown, 1 melanurus wrasse, 1 blue flasher wrasse (it’s red), 1 watchman goby, 1 scopas tang, 1 Fiji blue devil damsel, 1 strawberry basslet), long tip anemone, 2 blood red shrimp, 1 emerald crab, 15-20 hermit crab/snail blend (thinking to increase). Once I figure out the nitrates I would like to add two more fish, tamini tang and madarin goby, but feel I may be pushing nitrates even further up between water changes.
Feeding: Seachem flake (2-3x per day) and 2x per week target feed Reef Roids
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With that being said, I’d like to plan some upgrades for the 75g. My next purchase was going to be a Tidal 110 HOB Filter. After some thought, I felt that a skimmer may be a better option if I had to get one or the other.
Any recommendations on HOB filter VS. skimmer for my setup?
PH: 7.8
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrites: 0ppm
Nitrates: 30ppm (typically hovers around 20-40ppm)
Temp: 78*
Salinity: 1.025
*figures are from API tests. I have not checked any other parameters to date.
Filtration: Marineland internal canister filter w/Seachem matrix media, 100lbs. of live rock. 20% water changes biweekly. Contemplating moving to weekly due to aforementioned nitrate creep between each water change.
Marine life: 20 corals (various softies and LPS), 9 fish (2 Mocha clowns, 1 Gold nugget maroon clown, 1 melanurus wrasse, 1 blue flasher wrasse (it’s red), 1 watchman goby, 1 scopas tang, 1 Fiji blue devil damsel, 1 strawberry basslet), long tip anemone, 2 blood red shrimp, 1 emerald crab, 15-20 hermit crab/snail blend (thinking to increase). Once I figure out the nitrates I would like to add two more fish, tamini tang and madarin goby, but feel I may be pushing nitrates even further up between water changes.
Feeding: Seachem flake (2-3x per day) and 2x per week target feed Reef Roids
![337558BA-7DB2-4496-943E-C926F6423206.jpeg 337558BA-7DB2-4496-943E-C926F6423206.jpeg](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3072/3072557-0de120eb9c9a15858574f9ed67b75e34.jpg)
![79C3AADA-DEA7-4F8A-9105-1CC878EEAD3D.jpeg 79C3AADA-DEA7-4F8A-9105-1CC878EEAD3D.jpeg](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3072/3072558-6b87368653d3493729e667f117d4451b.jpg)
![577D22AC-55B5-4F00-B6CC-B3E572A0795E.jpeg 577D22AC-55B5-4F00-B6CC-B3E572A0795E.jpeg](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3072/3072559-ef8aecd59b2da3e7787a4b288e9761fa.jpg)