saltwater sasquatch
Reefing newb
Hey everyone,
I have had my aquarium up and running for quite some time now and have gone through a couple ups and downs. When I first started I talked to a LFS and they told me all I needed was a power filter and good lighting. So as the time has gone on I have purchased my HO T5 6 X 48 watt light fixture and a circulation pump and I had just been running the powerfilter. However I have experienced some troubles with algae and ammonia spikes and whatnot. So after talking to people on this blog I just bought a in tank protein skimmer and a UV sterilizer. My next purchase will be the RODI system so I can stop buying the grocery store out of distilled water.
Anyways I was wondering if this should be enough to suffice for tank upkeep with regular water changes or do I need to invest more money :frustrat: into the tank? For some further information I have 55 gallon tank with about 40 lbs of LR and 4 green chromis, yellow tang, a serpent starfish, a zebra blenny, a clown and a red spotted goby along with a snowflake eel and a few peices of coral.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Also with the skimmer and uv sterilizer is there a need for the power filter?
Thanks again this blog is great!
I have had my aquarium up and running for quite some time now and have gone through a couple ups and downs. When I first started I talked to a LFS and they told me all I needed was a power filter and good lighting. So as the time has gone on I have purchased my HO T5 6 X 48 watt light fixture and a circulation pump and I had just been running the powerfilter. However I have experienced some troubles with algae and ammonia spikes and whatnot. So after talking to people on this blog I just bought a in tank protein skimmer and a UV sterilizer. My next purchase will be the RODI system so I can stop buying the grocery store out of distilled water.
Anyways I was wondering if this should be enough to suffice for tank upkeep with regular water changes or do I need to invest more money :frustrat: into the tank? For some further information I have 55 gallon tank with about 40 lbs of LR and 4 green chromis, yellow tang, a serpent starfish, a zebra blenny, a clown and a red spotted goby along with a snowflake eel and a few peices of coral.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Also with the skimmer and uv sterilizer is there a need for the power filter?
Thanks again this blog is great!