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!
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!