Hey guys, I am in the process of setting a new DT/Reef system in my home. It will consist of an 83g custom tank, 75g sump (in the basement), and a 40g frag tank tied into it as well. I am looking to get around 75lbs of dry Pukani rock for the DT, and some of my rock from my current set up in the sump.

My question is will the SM100 do enough for my filtration (not sole filtration since I will have LR and a skimmer running). I am sort of upgrading from my 75 atm, but I plan on only bringing over fish and some LPS to the new tank. I will most likely run a skimmer like the one I have now on my current system either way because I like having a redundancy in my filtration.

I also need to "cure" the rock before I use it in the DT, which I would like to hope I can do in the tank while "cycling".

Thoughts?


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