After talking to someone about a picky leather coral I have, it was decided my nitrates were too high, and my current filtration system was the culprit..
So, I removed all the mechanical filtration from my canister filter, and put the LR rubble in my sump. I also removed my filter sponge from one of my powerheads. Here's my questions:
1: Sponges trap debris and become nitrate farms. What do I do about the filter on my skimmer and my return pump? I don't want to replace either due to failure.
2: Since placing my rubble in the sump, when I shut off the pump, the water level is now to the point of overflow in the sump. I just bought a 20L to replace my 10 gal. sump.. It was honestly too small, anyways.
The thing is, I don't want to go through getting more baffles cut and siliconing them in. I think I can create a wall of rock to act as a "natural baffle" on the in side, but I don't really know what to do on the return side. I don't want sand getting pulled into the pump; especially if I yank the sponge.
Any suggestions on configuring a "baffless" sump?
So, I removed all the mechanical filtration from my canister filter, and put the LR rubble in my sump. I also removed my filter sponge from one of my powerheads. Here's my questions:
1: Sponges trap debris and become nitrate farms. What do I do about the filter on my skimmer and my return pump? I don't want to replace either due to failure.
2: Since placing my rubble in the sump, when I shut off the pump, the water level is now to the point of overflow in the sump. I just bought a 20L to replace my 10 gal. sump.. It was honestly too small, anyways.
The thing is, I don't want to go through getting more baffles cut and siliconing them in. I think I can create a wall of rock to act as a "natural baffle" on the in side, but I don't really know what to do on the return side. I don't want sand getting pulled into the pump; especially if I yank the sponge.
Any suggestions on configuring a "baffless" sump?