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If it were my tank, I'd disconnect those and install a sump with skimmer. Filters are appropriate for a fish-only with sand and live rock, but they aren't nearly as good as a sump and enough live rock to support the fish load. The deal is simply that filters build up nitrate until they're cleaned, and then have less nitrate, and fish tolerate that in moderation, but the nitrate getting way high will do in corals and such. It depends on what sort of tank you want. Sand and a little rock and filters to clean---or sand and more rock and no filters to clean, just a skimmer cup to empty now and again, with the possibility of corals. CHoice is yours.
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Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low.
Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.
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