Question by .life.goes.on.: what is the best filtration to have for a 26 gal saltwater reef tank?
right now i have a gold bar maroon, a yellow headed sleeper goby and a baby snowflake eel.
corals i have are mostly mushroom variations including a few ricordia, and then 3 pretty big pulsing xenia and a little bed of green star polyps.
theres also a ton of snails (mostly nessarius and a few turbo, astrea and a foreign one) and some mexican hermit crabs and tiny blue hermits.
oh yeah, theres also all those tiny feather duster that pop up on their own everywhere. i really like those and know they’re not hurting anything 
as far as water quality, its been pretty stable in the past month or two, with zero nitrites, nitrates and usually around .25 ammonia. also stable salinity, pH, and temp.
now i’m just wondering if a skimmer is absolutely neccessary? with the skimmer tho, i have a fluval right now, so would i need them together or what? or is the fluval ok by itself forever? and what is the best kind of skimmer to get?
or any other filtration suggestions for the best reef tank?
Best answer:
Answer by craig
thats atopic for debate so ill say i like canister filter for small reefs like that with the addition of a protien skimmer. RO/DI tap water filter is a good filter to have for a reef tank as well. The only problem i see in the future for your reef is the eel. They will eat your other fish later on when it gets bigger and possibly knock over rocks that your precious coral will be sitting on. So the eel is a bad idea in a reef tank and should be kept in a larger tank with other agressive species.
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