Eel protein skimmer

[agoralyx]

Hello!

I have pretty decent experience with fresh and brackish tanks, but this will be my first saltwater. I have a 90 gallon tank with a Ruby36s sump. The tank is being being optimized from the ground up to eventually house either a banded or skeletor moray.

I'm building the tunnel system with dry rock, then I'm going to seed it with a small chunk of live rock + get the refugium started. Before adding the eel I plan on establishing some more resilient corals (that I won't be heartbroken over if the eel dislodges them) and non-crustacean inverts for CUC. Then adding some cheaper mid/upper water column fish that I won't be heartbroken if they become lunch.

I know moray tanks need heavy duty filtration. When you're starting from a complete blank slate, will having an oversized skimmer running hinder the stabilizing process? I don't want to completely nerf my microfauna, but I'd also hate to have to buy two skimmers for the pre-eel and eel bioloads. I haven't purchased a skimmer yet because I'm been hung up on this concern, so any advice is appreciated!

 

[ryanjohn1]

Think about a fleece roller and a skimmer for 100 gallon

 

[littlefoxx]

Ive got a reef octopus skimmer on my 125. 2 moray eels and 2 lionfish in this tank, no issues. Skimmer keeps up with them

 

[littlefoxx]

Think about a fleece roller and a skimmer for 100 gallon

Do those help?? Been thinking about one just cause Ive got the eels and lions

 

[ryanjohn1]

I have a ruby cube. And unless you’re gonna change socks everyday or every other day it would handle that part of it. I know with mine it’s sorta a pain to reach in and swap sock

 

[littlefoxx]

I have a ruby cube. And unless you’re gonna change socks everyday or every other day it would handle that part of it. I know with mine it’s sorta a pain to reach in and swap sock

Same sump. Im bad about the socks to be honest

 

[ryanjohn1]

Then go with a roller. You’ll just have to change the roll out probably once a month. RedSea seems to be the best. I personally don’t have one but everything I’ve read seems to point that way

 

[littlefoxx]

Then go with a roller. You’ll just have to change the roll out probably once a month. RedSea seems to be the best. I personally don’t have one but everything I’ve read seems to point that way

For sure will look into it!