One note about The New Marine Aquarium by Paletta. When if comes to filtration the book is a bit out of date. Rather than trickle filters, the preferred filtration system today is a berlin type sump and large skimmer.
Not that trickle filter don't work, it's that they tend to become nitrate factories because they are so effective at reducing ammonia to nitrate.
Berlin sumps and a large skimmer work a bit different. First a filter sock removes large particulate matter. Then the skimmer removes most of the small and liquid waste products. By doing this, there is less material to break down. What remains is easily handled by the live rock in the system.
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