SRC Member beaver Posted February 13, 2007 SRC Member Share Posted February 13, 2007 Hi All, Just wanna see if anyone has achieve this b4? Is this possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member dleecool Posted February 13, 2007 SRC Member Share Posted February 13, 2007 I think ur SPS wont last long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantbicycle Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Every 2 days do a 10% water change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member flying carpet Posted February 13, 2007 SRC Member Share Posted February 13, 2007 Every 2 days do a 10% water change After a month go for back therapy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member beaver Posted February 13, 2007 Author SRC Member Share Posted February 13, 2007 haha...so no one has done this or doing this lah.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jervismun Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Personally I think it is possible... you will have to rely heavily on natural filtration system and most importantly no fish (or very little fish) in your tank... that's the only way it can be possible without back breaking water change twice a week Quote Tank 60x40x40 Optiwhite Glass Tank Sump Elos 500 w/ Tunze Overflow Protein Skimmer Skimz Kone SK1 Return Pump Hydor Seltz L30 Wavemaker Hydor K1 Illumination 150W + 2 T5 Chiller Arctica 1/5hp w/ Aquabee 1000 Water Top-up Tunze Osmolator Dosing Pumps Grotech 3-Channels Calcium Reactor Deltec PF 501 Computer Aquatronica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member beaver Posted February 13, 2007 Author SRC Member Share Posted February 13, 2007 Personally I think it is possible... you will have to rely heavily on natural filtration system and most importantly no fish (or very little fish) in your tank... that's the only way it can be possible without back breaking water change twice a week Make this a new project for u, bro Jervis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jervismun Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Make this a new project for u, bro Jervis? Hehe... I am confident it can be done... just avoid putting any fish into the tank... hence no feeding Quote Tank 60x40x40 Optiwhite Glass Tank Sump Elos 500 w/ Tunze Overflow Protein Skimmer Skimz Kone SK1 Return Pump Hydor Seltz L30 Wavemaker Hydor K1 Illumination 150W + 2 T5 Chiller Arctica 1/5hp w/ Aquabee 1000 Water Top-up Tunze Osmolator Dosing Pumps Grotech 3-Channels Calcium Reactor Deltec PF 501 Computer Aquatronica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clam Guy Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Yes, possible. Have a huge chaeto refugium and have a huge remote DSB. That should do the trick. Minimal fish load will help too along with excellent husbandry. After all this, you may still have excess nutrients, but your sps may still be ok, and they may not colour up nicely. Perhaps stay brown only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jervismun Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Yes, possible. Have a huge chaeto refugium and have a huge remote DSB. That should do the trick. Minimal fish load will help too along with excellent husbandry. After all this, you may still have excess nutrients, but your sps may still be ok, and they may not colour up nicely. Perhaps stay brown only. Then it's time to employ FRs, denitrators and what have you... but no skimmer Quote Tank 60x40x40 Optiwhite Glass Tank Sump Elos 500 w/ Tunze Overflow Protein Skimmer Skimz Kone SK1 Return Pump Hydor Seltz L30 Wavemaker Hydor K1 Illumination 150W + 2 T5 Chiller Arctica 1/5hp w/ Aquabee 1000 Water Top-up Tunze Osmolator Dosing Pumps Grotech 3-Channels Calcium Reactor Deltec PF 501 Computer Aquatronica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member jacobus Posted February 13, 2007 SRC Member Share Posted February 13, 2007 Personally I think it is possible... you will have to rely heavily on natural filtration system and most importantly no fish (or very little fish) in your tank... that's the only way it can be possible without back breaking water change twice a week so would it be like 3 ft display tank and 8 ft sump ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member beaver Posted February 14, 2007 Author SRC Member Share Posted February 14, 2007 so would it be like 3 ft display tank and 8 ft sump ? hahaha...that's a good one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member aquavista99 Posted February 27, 2007 SRC Member Share Posted February 27, 2007 I think ur SPS wont last long. It can be done. I have seen some really nice skimmerless SPS reefs. My reef has been skimmerless for over a month with no harm to the corals but I am waiting on a new skimmer (back-ordered). Here are a few pics of my new reef without a skimmer. As time passes without a skimmer, I experienced more color and steady growth, but not sure if my new 400w MH 14 k Hamilton bulbs had anything to do with it. Skimmerless SPS pics Still skimmerless but added new 14k lighting system pics Again, I will be adding a skimmer soon, but I don't think it is required to be successful with SPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Copperband Posted March 29, 2007 SRC Member Share Posted March 29, 2007 Ditto the above post.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member beaver Posted March 29, 2007 Author SRC Member Share Posted March 29, 2007 Ditto the above post.... wow! Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danskim Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member beaver Posted March 30, 2007 Author SRC Member Share Posted March 30, 2007 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. stunning! Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblin Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Thanks for sharing. I suppose this is the hallmark of reef husbandry skills. Perhaps more of us should emulate this, and also it goes to show that high-tech equipment shouldn't be the focus of reef keeping. Are there any SRC members currently trying this method of reefkeeping? It does present a problem when fishes are kept in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member kevink Posted April 2, 2007 SRC Member Share Posted April 2, 2007 but he has a jumbo macroalgae tank though. think i read somewhere bout it as smithsonian style aquarium that rely heavily on macro algae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member beaver Posted April 2, 2007 Author SRC Member Share Posted April 2, 2007 but he has a jumbo macroalgae tank though. think i read somewhere bout it as smithsonian style aquarium that rely heavily on macro algae. yeah, that the Dr Walter Adey philosohpy. Use of macroalgae as a natural form of filtration... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chercm Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 i will be the next to try keeping SPS without a skimmer . Quote Humble tank : Size: 4x2.5x2 ft - Display Equipment : Return 1 : Ecotech marine L1 Return 2 : Ecotech marine M1 CR : Skimz CM122 - Caribsea extra course media with Grotech magnesium Light : ATI 8x54W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Sapp Posted April 3, 2007 SRC Member Share Posted April 3, 2007 i will be the next to try keeping SPS without a skimmer . Sorry to be a wet blanket Chercm... You seems to have problems keeping sps even with a skimmer.. You think its wise to change your system so soon? How much do you know about marco algae and how they work as natural filtration? Going by your track record, I think you should read it up now, ask more questions and understand more before you start trying and not the other way around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chercm Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 i plan to sell my skimmer 1st..... and change to something else and in the meantime while waiting , i will try to keep changing water to see.... Quote Humble tank : Size: 4x2.5x2 ft - Display Equipment : Return 1 : Ecotech marine L1 Return 2 : Ecotech marine M1 CR : Skimz CM122 - Caribsea extra course media with Grotech magnesium Light : ATI 8x54W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Copperband Posted April 3, 2007 SRC Member Share Posted April 3, 2007 Bro SAPP.. Perhaps such remarks which is directed at a particular person is best left through PM.... Its not constructive to post such remarks in an open forum.... My 2 cents worth.... Moving on.... I believe sps can be kept without skimmer if u are disciplined enough..... Thanks & Best regards, Omar 91502745 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Sapp Posted April 3, 2007 SRC Member Share Posted April 3, 2007 Sorry about that Bro CopperBand. Just that sometimes it pains me to see reefer chasing after the lastest fabs without having a more solid understanding as to what they are doing. I apologise to the mods if my post were posted in the wrong way but this is my personal experience and I am sure quite a few reefers share my views. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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