fish only filtration
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SaltyMember
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You could run it with liverock, a protein skimmer, and a fuge (like a reef) if you use lots of liverock and don't overstock the tank.
For my 125g FO I chose to have a combination of 120 lbs. of liverock, a wet/dry filter, a protein skimmer and a small area in my sump for macroalgae. This is my first FO tank and I currently have a dogface puffer and a foxface. I plan to have a few more decent sized fish in this tank also. I wanted to have the fallback of the wet/dry filter as opposed to not having enough filtration. These fish are definitely not reef fish. I feed this tank a good amount of food for two fish so I think I made the right decision.
So, it can be done more ways than one. Maybe some others will chime in with their filtration setups.
Good luck
For my 125g FO I chose to have a combination of 120 lbs. of liverock, a wet/dry filter, a protein skimmer and a small area in my sump for macroalgae. This is my first FO tank and I currently have a dogface puffer and a foxface. I plan to have a few more decent sized fish in this tank also. I wanted to have the fallback of the wet/dry filter as opposed to not having enough filtration. These fish are definitely not reef fish. I feed this tank a good amount of food for two fish so I think I made the right decision.
So, it can be done more ways than one. Maybe some others will chime in with their filtration setups.
Good luck
With a FO I would just do a properly sized wet/dry & a nice skimmer. I went for MANY many years (10+ actually) w/o a skimmer & never had a problem, just did h20 changes monthly 
Anyways, if you get a filter big enough you will never have problems!!!
If you go the FOWLR route then you can do what saltymember did. Wet/Dry, LR, etc....
O yea.... I like using a cartridge filter like ocean clear on my FO tanks as well. The PITA part is you have to clean them often so they do not become a bio-filter but they help out taking junk out of the water. I am hooking up 2 ocean clear canisters on my 260 g
Anyways, if you get a filter big enough you will never have problems!!! If you go the FOWLR route then you can do what saltymember did. Wet/Dry, LR, etc....
O yea.... I like using a cartridge filter like ocean clear on my FO tanks as well. The PITA part is you have to clean them often so they do not become a bio-filter but they help out taking junk out of the water. I am hooking up 2 ocean clear canisters on my 260 g
Ironsheikh
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protein skimmer and live rock #1, some type of refugium (I have a in tank one I hang), canister filter for water polishing, movement, and carbon
on the other side---
I've had a 20g up and running for a yr w/ just a pengiun 100 and macro algae and live rock w/ no problems--- actually healthier than the big tank
on the other side---
I've had a 20g up and running for a yr w/ just a pengiun 100 and macro algae and live rock w/ no problems--- actually healthier than the big tank
Paul Burgess
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Check out Lifereef. He has some excellent wet/drys.
cloudjockey
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On my 265 gallon tank I have live rock in it, a lifereef skimmer, a 55 gallon sump, a 55 gallon refug (more liverock and macro), ozone (which never runs), and a 80watt UV. This is probably over kill, but I never have any problems. I also use carbon. I change the water about 15% a month.
gangstafish
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Wetdry,liverock,protein skimmer,eheim pro2 running uv sterilizer,penguin350.Thats on my 75 fowlr tank.
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