Bobi1956
Active Member
Experienced reef keeper here with 8 yrs experience but have been away from it for 5 yrs. I missed it immensely and have thus ordered a new RSM 250. I previously owned a 125 gallon reef tank with overflow and 20 gallon sump, protein skimmer, calcium reactor yadda yadda yadda.
I have one concern and one question LOL - I'm a bit concerned about my decision to order the self contained RSM 250 as it appears after browsing alot of the threads/posts here it seems as though many are adding additional protein skimming, internal overflows and sumps, etc - have I fooled myself into thinking that the only add on I will need is an ATO set up?
That leads to my question - I'm interested, prior to ordering, about the different ATO set ups you all might have. I have looked at the Tunze and ATO as well as several DIY's. Oh yea, I have ordered 50 lbs of dry rock from Marco which was shipped from Key Largo this morning. I wanted to develop my own live rock so as to not buy any unwanted creatures/pests.
My RSM ships from SC tomorrow, 2/11 and I will begin to post pics as my set up begins.
I have one concern and one question LOL - I'm a bit concerned about my decision to order the self contained RSM 250 as it appears after browsing alot of the threads/posts here it seems as though many are adding additional protein skimming, internal overflows and sumps, etc - have I fooled myself into thinking that the only add on I will need is an ATO set up?
That leads to my question - I'm interested, prior to ordering, about the different ATO set ups you all might have. I have looked at the Tunze and ATO as well as several DIY's. Oh yea, I have ordered 50 lbs of dry rock from Marco which was shipped from Key Largo this morning. I wanted to develop my own live rock so as to not buy any unwanted creatures/pests.
My RSM ships from SC tomorrow, 2/11 and I will begin to post pics as my set up begins.