Fish only with Live Rock Filtration question

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.

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.

"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) gLive 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

Its a remora pro

"Captain Feedback" wrote in message
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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.

You should be ready to rock, then.