Jason wrote:
yeah I have I was looking at this one Red Sea Berlin skimmer Berlin
Classic-25 to 250gal with Rio+ 2500UL Pump, but what filter would you
recommend with it would the emperor 400 be a good one to go with?

Jason



Jason

Just to follow up with what other people have said and to expand on some
of it. For filtration on a reef tank the best way to go is with a
natural filtration system. Use live rock and live sand as your primary
filtration. With that there are no filter devices you need on the tank
other than a protien skimmer. No emperor no canister just a skimmer.

Now speaking of skimmers the RSB is not real bad skimmer but you can get
ones a lot better for not much more money. Plus the Rio 2500 is to
small to run it well if you end up with the RSB go for a mag 7 or mag
9.5 or a RIO 3100 to get max performance from the skimmer. A better
skimmer in the same price range is the TurboFlotor T1000. It is
available as in sump unit(better) or as the Multi which can be use as a
hang on.

On skimmers, do not skimp in this area get a good skimmer, and to make
sure you get a good skimmer talk to as many people as you can most of
the poplular skimmers from most LFS ar not very good. Some good
affordable skimmers include the ASM skimmers, the Octopus skimmers, Euro
Reef (but spendy) etc. If you are setting up a sump normally you can
get a much more powerful in sump model for a lot less money than a
hangon, sometimes you can save enough money to pay for a lot of your
sump setup.


Refugium. A refugium is not really a filter, but it adds to the natural
filter system and is a great addition to any sal****er tank. To setup a
refugium all you need is an area in your sump or another tank online
your system or even an area in your main tank that you can grow some
macro algea and allow the pods to grow without preditaion.



Kim Gross
www.jensalt.com