I do tend to over complicate things (it is a facet of my personality) and I certainly waste tremendous amounts of time scouring the Internet for the best advice/ideas I can find. In all honesty, though, these tribulations keep me glued to this hobby; I am thirsty to learn more about the fascinating world of reefing!
Nitrates are down to 10, so I am thrilled. I still have about half the bio balls in the tank because when I remove them, it makes a very loud and obnoxious waterfall sound. So, I need to add the things I want to minimize the waterfall.
I guess I'll skip the skimmer for now; perhaps in the future I'll change my mind. My tank consists of 1 orange spotted goby, a tiger pistol shrimp, 2 clowns, a cleaner shrimp, and some snails/hermits. I did not really attribute it to being a high-load, especially since I religiously perform water changes every Friday and haven't skipped a Friday in 8 months. (The amount I change depends on my nitrate readings, anywhere from 10-25%.)
nynick, I haven't really considered that. I suppose that was why I considered the chaeto because I had heard it had a natural propensity to consume organics. Sadly, I tried keeping a pulsating xenia and it died within a week. The xenia and a torch coral are the only corals that haven't survived. Not sure why, as I've heard everyone say xenia was so easy. Apparently, not for me.
Again, I thank everyone for their input. If anyone cares to answer one last question, since I really would love to have chaeto (also because my pod population died out months ago), should I invest in one of those fancy BioCube fuge/media basket things? Or should I just stack them on top of each other in chamber 2?
Thanks again!
Nitrates are down to 10, so I am thrilled. I still have about half the bio balls in the tank because when I remove them, it makes a very loud and obnoxious waterfall sound. So, I need to add the things I want to minimize the waterfall.
I guess I'll skip the skimmer for now; perhaps in the future I'll change my mind. My tank consists of 1 orange spotted goby, a tiger pistol shrimp, 2 clowns, a cleaner shrimp, and some snails/hermits. I did not really attribute it to being a high-load, especially since I religiously perform water changes every Friday and haven't skipped a Friday in 8 months. (The amount I change depends on my nitrate readings, anywhere from 10-25%.)
nynick, I haven't really considered that. I suppose that was why I considered the chaeto because I had heard it had a natural propensity to consume organics. Sadly, I tried keeping a pulsating xenia and it died within a week. The xenia and a torch coral are the only corals that haven't survived. Not sure why, as I've heard everyone say xenia was so easy. Apparently, not for me.
Again, I thank everyone for their input. If anyone cares to answer one last question, since I really would love to have chaeto (also because my pod population died out months ago), should I invest in one of those fancy BioCube fuge/media basket things? Or should I just stack them on top of each other in chamber 2?
Thanks again!
