SPS tank without a skimmer

[chercm]

ok ok

[jervismun]

Just to add... you can hardly spot a fish in his tank... and definitely no obese fish like most found in our tanks That's part of the secret I believe

[Copperband]

iTS OK BRO sAPP.... I am just saying on an onlooker point of view,.... Need not apologize to me.... Reef on everybody... !!! : )

Thanks & Best Regards,

Omar

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[Copperband]

Not sure if it is relevent or not... My tank with NSW and running skimmerless for 4 months....Lots of changes since then..,,...

[aquavista99]

I have gone without a skimmer for a while with good success, but prefer skimmers. Others have had great success with SPS going the skimmerless route. It is just a personal preference in my opinion.

[LoReNsIa]

Not sure if it is relevent or not... My tank with NSW and running skimmerless for 4 months....Lots of changes since then..,,...

u r the reefer who i just about to remark.. the one who keep sps without "SKIMMER"

[udayavani]

i have skimmer less tank for a year mostly lps started sps couple of months now most of them frags from reefers here i find my sps are doing great, i have miracle mud system my nitrate less than 10 ppm , 0 phos i think it can be done i do change 10 % wc every other week

[neokn]

Look carefully at the picture. Neither does he have any filter media nor macro algae.

LS as shown int the picture.

He have 3 blue tang, 2 yellow tang, 1 flame angel, 1 clown n 2 unknown.

But he has 3 clams. 1 of them @ least a 12" big.

[Angel]

It can be done without a skimmer but must follow a very strict workflow of doing partial water changes every week regularly.

If you cant do this on a weekly basis then the water parameters will change and affects the sps.

[Copperband]

Thats one very nice tank.... I believe his waterchange will be heavy....

As for me i am now running a macro skimmer... and lots of carbon to get away with slightly lesser water change....

[neokn]

Clams does help abit in the removal of the ..... forgotten which trace already. So does mature DSB.

[cjh]

Clams does help abit in the removal of the ..... forgotten which trace already. So does mature DSB.

nitrate?

btw bro neokn can link the thread?? interested in that setup and his or her husbandry..

[neokn]

http://haaga.aqua-web.org/

That guy has been without a skimmer for two years.

I emailed him recently asking how the tank was doing. He says it's still doing very well, and he plans on updating the website soon.

cjh:

Link wasn't posted by me but from another reefer.

[s1214215]

Check out this thread. The tank owner kept this skimmerless reef running for several years with infrequent water changes before shutting it down - not due to problems. He is setting up a new system.

http://www.masa.asn.au/phpBB2/viewtopic.ph...d57d1fb67ac451f

Brett

[s1214215]

Sorry, that was the end of that thread. Here is the start

http://www.masa.asn.au/phpBB2/viewtopic.ph...asc&start=0