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huskysglare1
04/15/2010, 01:27 PM
I don't know if there are any beautiful skimmerless SPS tanks out there, but you guys can prove me wrong.
Atomikk
04/15/2010, 01:40 PM
(crickets) (crickets).....





j/k
Diver Dan SD
04/15/2010, 02:10 PM
My skimmer does'nt really do anything, does that count? I do 30-35% WC's weekly and only have 3 fish so there isn't much organic material to be skimmed...
huskysglare1
04/15/2010, 02:43 PM
any pictures?
Diver Dan SD
04/15/2010, 03:06 PM
I just bought a bunch of brown wild caughts 3 weeks ago and some are taking a little while to color up (hence the big brown ugly corals) but everything else is doing good. I've found that if you keep your organic wastes minimal through large WC's and little feeding, your SPS colors turn out zeovit'like:D

http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv234/Trever_Richardson/Elos%20System%20120/FTSApril.jpg

ORA Stuber Acro
http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv234/Trever_Richardson/Elos%20System%20120/StuberAcro.jpg

Ugly Brown Acro turning green
http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv234/Trever_Richardson/Elos%20System%20120/JaspersBrownout.jpg

Brown Wild Caught
http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv234/Trever_Richardson/Elos%20System%20120/CerealisAcro.jpg

Lime green with an almost pink base tabling wild caught Acropora latistella
http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv234/Trever_Richardson/Elos%20System%20120/LimeGreenTable.jpg

http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv234/Trever_Richardson/Elos%20System%20120/LimeGreenMacro.jpg

Superman Monti
http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv234/Trever_Richardson/Elos%20System%20120/SupermanMontiMacro.jpg
-=Efrain=-
04/15/2010, 03:35 PM
Diver Dan SD - Your aquascape reminds me of a dinosaur. Cool!
dvanacker
04/15/2010, 03:35 PM
I would never even attempt an SPS system with out a skimmer because it doesnt make sense to me ....>BUT....

when ever I think of a beautiful SPS skimmerless tank I think of (well the only one I know) Frank Esser.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2006/2/aquarium/view?searchterm=None
Diver Dan SD
04/15/2010, 03:41 PM
Diver Dan SD - Your aquascape reminds me of a dinosaur. Cool!

:lolspin:
It kinda does!

I'm not saying that i have a skimmerless tank by all means; I'm just saying it plays a very small role when you have relatively no bioload and do regular tank maintenence.
Mike de Leon
04/15/2010, 05:16 PM
It does add oxygen into the system. I have a 160 gal with only three fish. Two false percs and a yellow tang. My skimmer cone skimmer still produces 3 inches of skimmate a week with 20 WC.
huskysglare1
04/15/2010, 06:33 PM
Nice tank Dan. Ya, you don't count. You do have a skimmer. I think it extract so little wastes because it doesn't seem you any. Hehe.
5h3rW1N
04/15/2010, 08:11 PM
nice supaman you got!
zaheda
04/16/2010, 02:03 AM
Check out Mudshark, Border skimmerless reef on marineaquariumsa.com. It can be done successfully without a skimmer. These guys have perfected using just a algae turf scrubber and yes they have plenty of sps.
Suhayl
South Africa
Psionicdragon
04/16/2010, 02:20 AM
very nice rock work
how did you keep them in place or steady them?