Fish only with Live Rock Filtration question

[joe cool]

Here is a outline of what my setup is:
75 Gal tank, 65 lbs live rock in display tank and 10 lbs in my 20 gal sump
with a remora skimmer. I also have 11 hermit craps 11 turpo snail, a cleaner
srimp, a pepermint srimp, 1 tomato Clown, 1 Regal Tang and a banner fish. My
question is, do I have enough filtration with just the live rock and skimmer
for this tank? The guy at the LFS said that live rock is not enough for
filtration.

[Captain Feedback]

Good thing you have more than the live rock for filtration. ;-) You
have the skimmer, too.

Do you have the Remora, or Remora Pro? Some people will say that 75
gallons is the upper limit for a Remora. It sounds to me like you have
a very reasonable bioload for a 75 gallon tank, though I admit off the
top of my head I don't know what a banner fish is. (time for
Googling). I think as long as you're careful not to overfeed etc.,
you'll be OK.

I have a Remora on my 55 gallon tank, and it seems to do an excellent
job.

joe cool wrote:
> Here is a outline of what my setup is:
> 75 Gal tank, 65 lbs live rock in display tank and 10 lbs in my 20 gal sump
> with a remora skimmer. I also have 11 hermit craps 11 turpo snail, a cleaner
> srimp, a pepermint srimp, 1 tomato Clown, 1 Regal Tang and a banner fish. My
> question is, do I have enough filtration with just the live rock and skimmer
> for this tank? The guy at the LFS said that live rock is not enough for
> filtration.

[Billy]

"joe cool" > wrote in message
...
> Here is a outline of what my setup is:
> 75 Gal tank, 65 lbs live rock in display tank and 10 lbs in my 20
> gal sump with a remora skimmer. I also have 11 hermit craps 11
> turpo snail, a cleaner srimp, a pepermint srimp, 1 tomato Clown, 1
> Regal Tang and a banner fish. My question is, do I have enough
> filtration with just the live rock and skimmer for this tank? The
> guy at the LFS said that live rock is not enough for filtration.

That guy should be fired!! (j/k) <g>Live Rock isn't just ENOUGH for
filtration, it is, arguably, the BEST filtration. Add an adequate
quantity of cured LR to a decent skimmer, and you've got your
filtration setup. I'll side with the 'Captain' and say that a regular
Remora is just barely enough for a 75. You'll be fine as long as you
don't try to load the system up with critters too badly. I would toss
in more hermits and snails at the first sign of algae, or it will get
out of control fast.


billy

[joe cool]

Its a remora pro

"Captain Feedback" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> Good thing you have more than the live rock for filtration. ;-) You
> have the skimmer, too.
>
> Do you have the Remora, or Remora Pro? Some people will say that 75
> gallons is the upper limit for a Remora. It sounds to me like you have
> a very reasonable bioload for a 75 gallon tank, though I admit off the
> top of my head I don't know what a banner fish is. (time for
> Googling). I think as long as you're careful not to overfeed etc.,
> you'll be OK.
>
> I have a Remora on my 55 gallon tank, and it seems to do an excellent
> job.
>
> joe cool wrote:
>> Here is a outline of what my setup is:
>> 75 Gal tank, 65 lbs live rock in display tank and 10 lbs in my 20 gal
>> sump
>> with a remora skimmer. I also have 11 hermit craps 11 turpo snail, a
>> cleaner
>> srimp, a pepermint srimp, 1 tomato Clown, 1 Regal Tang and a banner fish.
>> My
>> question is, do I have enough filtration with just the live rock and
>> skimmer
>> for this tank? The guy at the LFS said that live rock is not enough for
>> filtration.
>

[Captain Feedback]

You should be ready to rock, then.