lionfish set-up/filtration

[snyder810]

ok so here's the tank. i have a 110 gallon tank and plan to put two lionfish in it. currently i have about 70-80lbs of live rock and a sand substrate. in the corners i have 2 koralia 4's and the tanks been up with this in it about 6months now with only a few big hermits and a big maroon clown in it.

question i have is would it be better served to put a big canister filter (fluval fx5) on the tank or a protein skimmer (coralife 125) as the main source of filtration. im leaning towards the skimmer. gimme some advice

 

[perfect_prefect]

skimmer by far all the fluval would do is polish the water. the live rock and sand is your bio filtration.

 

[snyder810]

skimmer by far all the fluval would do is polish the water. the live rock and sand is your bio filtration.

that was my thinking and what i did with my first set-up so it's prly how i'm gonna go with this one too

 

[Hawaiianfishkee]

skimmer!! clear clear clear!!

 

[Hammerhed7]

I would say go with a skimmer, but if you can get a much better skimmer than the corallife for a few bucks more. If you are going with a hang on check out the octopus skimmers, and get the biggest one you can afford, don't go by the gallon rating. Lions produce a huge bioload and extra power on the skimmer will go a long way. I owned a coral life 220 which I ran in a sump and all it did was overflow and kick out micro bubbles, for a little extra cash my ASM G3 kicks the stuffing out of a coral life.