StringerBell wrote:

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You might want to consider the CPR refugium/protein skimmer.

This HOB Refugium looks awesome. We took down a section of facade wall
today---so now the tank will be about 1/2 in the living room,1/2 in the
kitchen.Thats what is allowing me to HOB now. If the Refugium is acceptable
as a filter, then it adds something a lot more interesting to look at in the
kitchen than a tank-back!

The CPR unit I'm talking about is a combination filter AND refugium,
with a little bit of a sump at the tank return for dosing, etc.

Can I use a Skimmerless Aquafuge as a filter with a seperate protein
skimmer? The AquaC Remora HOB has been highly reccomended to me.
Also---it seems that the Aquafuge is a living filter that you can use as a
display---like a super nano tank. I think it would be better to keep
something like a mechanical Protein Skimmer seperate from it. So---in case
I had a hassle with the skimmer I wouldnt have to mess with whole refugium.

You could do all those. A seperate skimmer and refugium would allow
you to upgrade one or the other seperately. The combo is cheaper.

If money is not a show stopper, and space isn't an issue, I'd go with
seperate units.

Mike