Sumps????

[mousehunter22]

Right i thought it was time to start a debate!!!:D

What do people have in their sumps and why????

Why have you chosen that route and what are the benefits????

I ask this as my sump is purely to hold more water and house equipment and im thinking it could be used better so sudgestions people:D:D

[Tangman]

Right i thought it was time to start a debate!!!:D

What do people have in their sumps and why????

Why have you chosen that route and what are the benefits????

I ask this as my sump is purely to hold more water and house equipment and im thinking it could be used better so sudgestions people:D:D

Hi Lee as you know i have just bought a new 60x24x24 tank i also had a 60x24x16 sump made as i dont like small piddly sumps. Paul at Fit Filtration made the tank and sump and i am very pleased with it and how it works. I have a 36x24 DSB in the middle of the sump, the water goes into a pre filter box first then into a compartment where the skimmer is, then over the DSB and into the end compartment where the return pump is along with a a phosphate reactor running Ultiphos. Its my first DSB and i made it to see if first would it work and second to reduce nitrates. I also have Chaeto in the first chamber and in the DSB area, and upto now my nitrates are around 20ppm which i am happy with as i only have softies. HTH Twiggy

[marinemike]

well i dont have a sump,i use the berlin method,think thata what it called,no sump just live rock,live sand and regular water changes.

[mousehunter22]

well i dont have a sump,i use the berlin method,think thata what it called,no sump just live rock,live sand and regular water changes.

thats pretty much what ive got but wondered what else was an option with me having a sump doing very little:D

[dollydip]

well lee i have a skimmer then some cheato then my return pump my reefflush pump and my phosphate reactor i also run carbon in there too and am also fitting a calcium reactor this week too so its quiet full in there oh and it all goes through a filter sock too first

[treeboa]

a sump can be configered into many uses, including a criptic area thats recieves no light and very slow flow, mine houses all the equipement i dont want to see in the tank, as well as housing a fairly deep mud section, calurpa bed, heaters, dosing area, phos reactor, denitrate unit, skimmer pump ( used to house skimmer but new ones too tall), you also have a good place for pods to breed, a place to allow that injured fish to recover- not q.t,dump a bully, with the right lighting its also a good frag tank, as long as you keep on top of the evap levels your main tank stays at one level

[michael.]

i have 2 skimmers a phosphate filter and a phosban reactor in my sump

[moorish]

mine is mainly to house all the equipment such as skimmer, pre filter & return pumps.derek

[MR Teee]

Mine has 2 chambers, first has a bag of carbon and a skimmer, second is the return and zeo reactor return. Pretty simple, nothing special, and easy to clean.

[ROB]

My sump mainly houses equipment a bit of caulerpa some live rock left over from a move round,

I was toying with the Idea of a sand or mud bed or perhaps a hang on fuge with mud plus algae,

nice tidy sump Adam we should have a sump of the month :D,

Rob.