Ok here's the scenario. I have a system with a total net gallons of about 810, which one tank is 360 net gallons of it. The other tank, fuge, and sump make up the difference.
other than the 360, the rest of the set-up has been running for over 2 years.
the 200 gallon sump has about 200# of live rock and the tank that's running has about 70-100# of live rock and sand. My skimmer is rated for 2000gallons. I have a 200 gallon fuge full of macro and live sand. the whole system runs together giving me the 810 net gallons.
However I can turn each tank off from the filtering system isolating one tank, which I have done to the 360 net tank so the other is using the filtration.
I recently redone the tank that has 360 net gallons. I had taken all the rock out and put in fresh water and cleaned it all off. I DID NOT CLEAN THE SAND. the tank has about 600# a Fiji Pink and about 300# of clean dead rock. I put about 20-30# of live rock it there too with about 6 cups of live sand from the other tank.
So here is the question:
Since the 360 is less than half the total net gallons of the whole system together, if I were to turn my returns on just trickling, say like somewhere around a 100 gallons an hour, with one of the over flows draining directly into the fuge and the other draining into the sump. Do you think I would have any ill effect on the system as a whole?
Do you think the whole system could handle the cycle of that 360 net with that slow of a flow going through and established system?
Right now I have the 360 net ( it's really a 455 gallon tank) full of water with the power heads running with the water no where to go.
will the tank be able to cycle that way without and filtration?
What are your opinions on this matter?
Please not to be rude, but if you don't have a lot of experience I don't want to hear from you there is a lot of money involve here.
the 220 that is running on the filtration system now has corals and fish in it.
Any advise given is just that, I will only take it as advise and not factual so no blame will be given. I have my thoughts and just want to hear what other experienced reefers have to say to see if it matches up with what I think.
other than the 360, the rest of the set-up has been running for over 2 years.
the 200 gallon sump has about 200# of live rock and the tank that's running has about 70-100# of live rock and sand. My skimmer is rated for 2000gallons. I have a 200 gallon fuge full of macro and live sand. the whole system runs together giving me the 810 net gallons.
However I can turn each tank off from the filtering system isolating one tank, which I have done to the 360 net tank so the other is using the filtration.
I recently redone the tank that has 360 net gallons. I had taken all the rock out and put in fresh water and cleaned it all off. I DID NOT CLEAN THE SAND. the tank has about 600# a Fiji Pink and about 300# of clean dead rock. I put about 20-30# of live rock it there too with about 6 cups of live sand from the other tank.
So here is the question:
Since the 360 is less than half the total net gallons of the whole system together, if I were to turn my returns on just trickling, say like somewhere around a 100 gallons an hour, with one of the over flows draining directly into the fuge and the other draining into the sump. Do you think I would have any ill effect on the system as a whole?
Do you think the whole system could handle the cycle of that 360 net with that slow of a flow going through and established system?
Right now I have the 360 net ( it's really a 455 gallon tank) full of water with the power heads running with the water no where to go.
will the tank be able to cycle that way without and filtration?
What are your opinions on this matter?
Please not to be rude, but if you don't have a lot of experience I don't want to hear from you there is a lot of money involve here.
the 220 that is running on the filtration system now has corals and fish in it.
Any advise given is just that, I will only take it as advise and not factual so no blame will be given. I have my thoughts and just want to hear what other experienced reefers have to say to see if it matches up with what I think.
