AZBigJohn
Usually confused...
I had posted this in another section, and got no responses, so I reposted it here, hope that isn't a big no-no:
Overplanning, under practicing, I guess...
I have a 155 gallon bowfront, with the stand limiting my room underneath. I have a 55 gallon tank serving as my sump, measured out with three dividers, making room to leave room for my Reef Octopus NWB 200 skimmer. I just didn't plan ahead for my doors well enough, and now that I am cycled, and am trying to put it in place, I could get it in there, and get the top off, but any type of service would be almost impossible.
While I know I would be losing some refugium space, if I where to divide of a section with light grid or some such to prevent cheato, live rock etc... from getting into the impeller area, what other heartache would I be inviting by moving my protein skimmer from the "designed" area to the fuge area? I already have an ATO set up in the Fuge, and the water level is 8". leaving me plenty of failsafe for power outage and fitting in perfectly with the skimmer specs...
Help me see the blindingly obvious thing I am missing (that I always am!) before I do this!
Overplanning, under practicing, I guess...
I have a 155 gallon bowfront, with the stand limiting my room underneath. I have a 55 gallon tank serving as my sump, measured out with three dividers, making room to leave room for my Reef Octopus NWB 200 skimmer. I just didn't plan ahead for my doors well enough, and now that I am cycled, and am trying to put it in place, I could get it in there, and get the top off, but any type of service would be almost impossible.
While I know I would be losing some refugium space, if I where to divide of a section with light grid or some such to prevent cheato, live rock etc... from getting into the impeller area, what other heartache would I be inviting by moving my protein skimmer from the "designed" area to the fuge area? I already have an ATO set up in the Fuge, and the water level is 8". leaving me plenty of failsafe for power outage and fitting in perfectly with the skimmer specs...
Help me see the blindingly obvious thing I am missing (that I always am!) before I do this!