thinking of buying a 9010

[vidrine7322]

I'm in the process of setting up a 90g heavily stocked/ moderately heavily fed sps reef.

I will have 1 imperor angel, 4 anthias, a purple tang, a cole tang, 2 maroon clowns, and 5 firefish. They will be fed 3 times per day using an ehiem automated feeder, with pellets in it.

I was thinking of using a tunze 9010 to skim, will this suffice?

 

[rvitko]

That is a big load for that skimmer, it can do it but the SPS coloration may not be as good as it would be with a skimmer with a higher capacity. In this situation I would generally recommend a larger needle wheel skimmer. The 9010 can definitely do the job but more difficult acros may brown out unless additional filtration like phosphate removers, carbon and ozone are used.

 

[vidrine7322]

i will be running a phosban reactor with carbon and grannulated ferric oxide to control organics and phosphates

 

[rvitko]

It may be enough then.

 

[vidrine7322]

i also have a 5 gallon refugium full of chateo