cscholz@sag4.ssl.berkeley.edu (01/17/90)
I currently have a 55G saltwater tank that is using a UG filter with two penguin 1140 power heads in ad- dition to a Eheim canister filter. Fish are doing well and so are the numerous inverts in the tank. My question to all of you is... I want to convert to a Wet/Dry unit and have seen many ads in FAMA. Do any of you have recom- on what units might be better than others or key things to look for when purchasing a unit? I also do not want one that just hangs on the back but one that sits in the cabinet underneath and has room for things like a protein skimmer and heater? Thanks, Chris .
hutching%elan.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Brad Hutchings) (01/17/90)
In article <1990Jan16.211206.16049@agate.berkeley.edu> cscholz@sag4.ssl.berkeley.edu () writes: >I currently have a 55G saltwater tank that is using >a UG filter with two penguin 1140 power heads in ad- >dition to a Eheim canister filter. Fish are doing well >and so are the numerous inverts in the tank. My question >to all of you is... I want to convert to a Wet/Dry unit >and have seen many ads in FAMA. Do any of you have recom- >on what units might be better than others or key things to >look for when purchasing a unit? I also do not want one >that just hangs on the back but one that sits in the cabinet >underneath and has room for things like a protein skimmer >and heater? > >Thanks, >Chris >. I have a unit that I purchased from Exotic Aquatics. It is the "Total Reef" unit as listed in the FAMA ads. I know the guy who owns the company and was able to go down and pick one up from his house. It is an excellent unit and has a built-in protein skimmer that works quite well. I drive the skimmer with a Whisper 800. The only disadvantage is that it is somewhat narrow and the only heater that I could get to fit was a DanSea model (200 W). I prefer VisiTherm heaters but the DanSea does a *fair* job of keeping the teperature up (the VisiTherm was better). I would recommend Exotic Aquatics as far as mail-order places go. I have no ties to the company other than personally knowing the owner. Brad P.S. The phone number for Exotic Aquatics is: 1-800-733-9684 (1-800-73-EXOTIC) (ignore the 'C').