staisman Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Hi, I have fresh water aquarium with 3D background that is not flat to the back wall. The space in between the wall and a background is from 2 to 3''. So now I want to switch to the Salt water reef aquarium. My question is: will I have problems with my salt water aquarium if I have that space behind a background because there is will be no or very little water movement ? Link to comment
masterbuilder Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Shadowbox.......... Link to comment
staisman Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 Very informative post, thank you you helped me a lot. Link to comment
Pinner Reef Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 No big issue if you have a 3D background/gap. I've seen it done before. The only problem the owner had was snails and stuff will go back there and never return. Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Could be a place to collect debris would be my concern. Link to comment
Halo_003 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Shadowbox.......... Exactly. It's on RC, don't have a link but search for it over there. Link to comment
Pinner Reef Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Could be a place to collect debris would be my concern. It's actually not as bad a you might imagine. Detritus doesn't make it back there very easily. After awhile it becomes a haven for feather dusters, sponges and other filter feeders. The guy I know with has had it for like 5+ yrs without ever cleaning it out. There is a ton of snail shells down there though. Link to comment
staisman Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 Ok, thank you everyone for the input, I was afraid it would be a problem. Do you think I can plant some corals to it, or algae will grow on it since it not porous? This will be my first saltwater tank, all my life I had only cichlids, but now I would like to try saltwater tank. I am going to use my 75 G tank as a display tank and make a sump with refugium from my old 55g tank. Since I gonna use a background I can't put an overflow box so I am going to use this method. There are couple different people using this overflow method and it's very effective. I am not sure on what skimmer to use yet, but I am going to use Eheim compact+ 3000 pump for the return line. Also I am not sure about lighting, my display tank is 48.5" x 18.5" x 21.2" Any input will be appreciated. Thank you Link to comment
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