dippin61
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Well awhile back, me and my wife saw a garage sale with a tank for sale. Ended up that it was nearly a complete setup ready to go. However, at the time we had very little SW experience. She had some, but I was a FW Cichlid fan. This was about 3 years ago.
Fast foward to the present. We ended up setting the tank up with a new stand, and ive slowly made it a reef tank over the years. Actually my wife keeps telling me I take it too slow. Which is probably true. Seeing as we've had the tank for 2 years, give or take, and I only have 2 fish and 5 little frags. And can get away with my Remora HOB skimmer.
I got a great deal on a 55g show tank, so i'm taking the oppurtunity to upgrade tanks (upgrade because i dont like the look of an acrylic tank). However i'm going BB so my little skimmer wont work anymore. After rummaging through some of the old stuff that we got with the orignal tank we found out there is a DIY skimmer, CA reactor i think, and alot more. Heck. i hadnt looked in this box for over a year.. didnt know it was even there til recently.
question is about the skimmer. now.. not knowing much about skimmers like this, its a little confusing. i labeled what i think is what and i'd like to know if im right. i also figure that im just going to re-plumb it with some new parts, and would like to know how i can improve this.
and also what kind of pump should i use to feed this thing. its not very big, about 2 - 2 1/2 feet tall.
TIA
Fast foward to the present. We ended up setting the tank up with a new stand, and ive slowly made it a reef tank over the years. Actually my wife keeps telling me I take it too slow. Which is probably true. Seeing as we've had the tank for 2 years, give or take, and I only have 2 fish and 5 little frags. And can get away with my Remora HOB skimmer.
I got a great deal on a 55g show tank, so i'm taking the oppurtunity to upgrade tanks (upgrade because i dont like the look of an acrylic tank). However i'm going BB so my little skimmer wont work anymore. After rummaging through some of the old stuff that we got with the orignal tank we found out there is a DIY skimmer, CA reactor i think, and alot more. Heck. i hadnt looked in this box for over a year.. didnt know it was even there til recently.
question is about the skimmer. now.. not knowing much about skimmers like this, its a little confusing. i labeled what i think is what and i'd like to know if im right. i also figure that im just going to re-plumb it with some new parts, and would like to know how i can improve this.
and also what kind of pump should i use to feed this thing. its not very big, about 2 - 2 1/2 feet tall.
TIA
