45gal reef tank, no sump, no filter, Aqua C Remora HOB Skimmer

[Miguelh1302]

Running for 10 months, only live sand, rocks, 2 wp10, and an aqua c remora hob skimmer, no water changes yet, will do when I feel like it. Clean the glass every 2 days.
Fishes: 2 clowns, 2 fire fish, yellow tang, twinspotted goby, Midas blenny, royal gramma, green mandarin, cleaner shrimp, peppermint shrimp, serpent starfish, a bunch of snails and a queen conch
Corals: lps, 2 softies, 1 sponge and 3 sps

 

[cleverbs]

Pretty tank, Great job.

 

[Miguelh1302]

thanks

 

[Miguelh1302]

45gal reef tank, no sump, no filter, Aqua C Remora HOB Skimmer

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[Miguelh1302]

 

[Miguelh1302]

45gal reef tank, no sump, no filter, Aqua C Remora HOB Skimmer

 

[dmort]

Very cool, I have a 55 gallon no sump with a remora. I'm always thinking about adding the sump... Do you dose?

 

[Miguelh1302]

Yes I have to dose 10ml alk every other day and 10ml calc once every 2 weeks

 

[Martini5788]

Wait you have never
Done a water change?

 

[dmort]

You seem a little overstocked - but every fish is different so I know sometimes it can work. Do you feel you do anything special to support your livestock?

 

[brianr24]

Looks good.what do u feed the mandarin?

 

[Miguelh1302]

Wait you have never
Done a water change?

Not yet

 

[Miguelh1302]

45gal reef tank, no sump, no filter, Aqua C Remora HOB Skimmer

You seem a little overstocked - but every fish is different so I know sometimes it can work. Do you feel you do anything special to support your livestock?

Every fish does their own work on the tank, nobody fights (just yet) I have little white sponges all over, a big orange one and am planning on adding more, skimmer is working just fine for now, and yes am way overstock, lol u can blame that one on my gf, she wants to add every fish she sees, and then I decide which one is compatible lol

 

[Miguelh1302]

Looks good.what do u feed the mandarin?

He eats whatever I put in there, however I only feed live blackworms and frozen mysis shrimps

 

[Rippinfrags]

Tank looks good! However, in time several of your fish will outgrow your tank. If I were you I would consider being proactive and taking a few fish back to your lfs before you have problems.

No water changes? Keep in mind you do have a protein skimmer. Each day your protein skimmer takes out some nasty seawater. which means you should be adding new
Salt water regularly

 

[Miguelh1302]

Tank looks good! However, in time several of your fish will outgrow your tank. If I were you I would consider being proactive and taking a few fish back to your lfs before you have problems.

No water changes? Keep in mind you do have a protein skimmer. Each day your protein skimmer takes out some nasty seawater. which means you should be adding new
Salt water regularly

thanks buddy, am actually planning on taking the angel back, he's kinda picking on corals, the yellow tang will definately be back, but he's not big enough just yet, so he's good in there for a bit, i do add some salt water once in a while and when i clean the skimmer as well, thanks again for your comment, really appreciated it

 

[BigJohnny]

How do you not even use a filter, you must have carbon or some chemical filtration packets in the remora chambers right? Your water is so clear. Also how do you maintain low nitrates without water changes?

 

[Miguelh1302]

Johnny i don't use carbon, I used a filter for the first 2-3 months, but it was actually a pain keeping the water clear with it, now without it the water is always clear. Sometimes I run the remora wet and replace the water with fresh salt water, that's it

 

[new_world_disor]

Tank looks nice. As for water changes. My previous 4 foot never had a water change in 2 years. And it was pretty happy

 

[Miguelh1302]

Tank looks nice. As for water changes. My previous 4 foot never had a water change in 2 years. And it was pretty happy

That's a pretty awesome tank, and extremely clear water