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rocksteveo
01-24-2012, 11:33 PM
any thoughts on my fish stock?
the tank is a 110g tall with 30 gal sump, coralife 220 skimmer ,refugium with 2 types of macro algea. 100lbs of live rock, 2x korilla pumps,tunze nano wavebox, 2x 48" reef ready led lights.
my fish:
perc clown
tomato clown
6x chromis
six line wrasse
lemonpeel
flame
ebli
2x yellow gobys
tomini tang 3''
naso tang 4''
sixbar angel 4''

Ryan
01-24-2012, 11:57 PM
Judging by your choice of skimmer I would say your over stocked. I would upgrade the skimmer but otherwise it looks okay.

MKLKT
01-25-2012, 12:14 AM
I've got about the same level of stock minus the tangs in 65 gal with a 20 sump and CL125 and it's great, but you will be on the upper side of stocking, especially as they grow.

rocksteveo
01-25-2012, 12:43 AM
the skimmer is rated for a 220gal, no good? what would be a good choice without spending a mortage payment on one?

Wayne
01-25-2012, 01:41 AM
220 is for a mild stocked tank. Yours is depending on if you have corals (judging by the angels not much) you are on the heavier side.

A lot of people recommend Vertex Skimmers for a good-bang-for-buck.

Ryan
01-25-2012, 03:29 AM
I have a vertex IN-180 and love it. Its what I would reccomend.

The Coralife is rated for 220 but its not designed very well. I would say it would be better suited on a 55-75 tank but even then there are better skimners out there for the same money.

gregzz4
01-25-2012, 03:37 AM
I have to agree with the guys above and I'll add that a lot of the lower end skimmers are over-rated.
You would definately do better with a higher-end skimmer rated above your tank size. You don't have to spend thousands.
A good skimmer new for you would be $350-450 for say a Vertex or a Skimz. Even an SWC.
Just buy bigger than rated for most and you will be fine.
And stay away from the Coralife stuff with a tank your size.

rocksteveo
01-25-2012, 11:19 PM
thank you all

Seriak
01-25-2012, 11:30 PM
You could look at a BM NAC7 skimmer. They are getting good reviews lately.