Is it possible?

[sal-t-dawg]

To have a 75 gallon salt with two damsels about 40 pounds of live rock, sand, two power heads, a hangon protein skimmer, NO filtration what so ever and only do a 30% water change in a six month period and still maintane good levels all the way around?

 

[poolkeeper1]

You could keep Damsels alive in the toilet if you threw in some salt, What is your point? And I do not think the levels would be good all around.

 

[andywe]

Anything is possible, nut major and minor trace elements would need to be repleneshied contantly, an you would ahve to be a master at feeding quantity to not exceed or udnerfeed the tank to keep the biologic levels stable or you would get die off and poiison the tank.

I would also imagine it would get awefully cloudy after awhile.

 

[sal-t-dawg]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14594117#post14594117 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by poolkeeper1
You could keep Damsels alive in the toilet if you threw in some salt, What is your point? And I do not think the levels would be good all around.

I was contacted by a guy who wants to sell me his setup and these are the things that he told me.

 

[waynesworld]

The comment of no filtration should be changed to no mechanical filtration your bacteria is what does most of the filtration in saltwater. It lives in the rock, sand and sometimes in filters that people use. So the answer to your question is yes. the only thing is as andywe stated you should have to be real good at what you put into your tank. And as Bill so politely put it Damsels can live in pretty bad water. The same is not for other fish and most corals. A sump is not needed to keep an aquarium but I have learned it helps a lot. If you happen to be looking at a tank that you will try that you may later just end up drilling it like I did.