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Old 02-01-2005, 11:00 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Hi Mike and welcome!

A couple of things about your setup you might want to rethink:

First, the Emperor 400. Unless you’re carrying a heavy bioload (lots of fish) you should probably ditch this. The live rock will provide adequate biological filtration, making the emperor redundant. Furthermore, the biowheel can actually cause nitrates to build up in your system. If you DO plan on a heavy bioload (not recommended for beginners) then you should get more live rock and still ditch the emperor.

Second, the bright sun-lit room will probably do you more harm than good. Your good critters won’t get much benefit from it, and direct sunlight is often to blame for excessive algae problems.

Just thought I’d throw that out there.

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