Is a reef octopus 1000x hb to much?

[shawn_patterson]

I have a 30 gallon with a reef octopus 100x hb on the back of it. Its pulling skimmate with ease. Do you guys think its too much overkill for my 30?


My bio load consist of

4 percula clowns
1 snowflake clown
1 scooter blenny
1BTA about 6"
1 ritteri anemone about 8" ( he'll be in a 93 cube in a couple months)
Also its stocked to the brim with montis, acros, shrooms, birdsnest, and a goni.

My levels stay stable with all this going on too.

Alk 5.5 ppm
Ph 8.0-8.3
Calc 450 ppm
Temp 79-81
Salinity 1.025-1.026
Nitrate 2
Phosphate 0
nitrite 0

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[shawn_patterson]

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[jimmystephens]

U can never skim to much imo. Most skimmers are over rated by 50%.
Great aquascape btw.

 

[joseayes]

Most people go twice the numbers skimmer is rated for, including myself, I had a system of 40 gallons with a skimmer rated for 80 to 90 gallons, couldn't make it to pull dark skimmate until I found the sweet spot, after that skimmer was doing wonders, and I always had medium bioload

 

[nickg]

+1 can't go to big. IMO.

Juat my$.02

 

[KrisDeitz]

You do know having 5 clowns is not safe right?

Once one turns female and finds a partner she's gonna kill the others

 

[shawn_patterson]

I actually have one female already, she also has her partner. They just kind of stay to themselves

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