can you use atrifical decoration in salt water aquariums

[Jenn Cos]

Maybe Larger

I like that web site , melevsreef , great info

learned lots more : )

I ordered books too , can't wait to read up

I learned that the wet dry has a sump as a aprt of it , but also has the bio balls within it ,

bio balls can be bad for live corals , which i am going to avoid...

but as i read , to do the water changes , i maybe should get an over sized one with a larger sump area...

go from a 150 , has a 15 gallon sump , to a 300 has a 24 gallon sump, that way i can just change the sump area to do the water changes

im going to ask the store if they sell wet dry with a refugium built in,

what do you think....

can you over size the sump to the aquarium ?

i hope the store dont get mad , they ordered the system... but i think it will be to small.. should get it set up right to avoid proublems

thanks for your input

Jenn

 

[Ace25]

No, you can not oversize the sump. Actually, you want to get the biggest sump you can possibly fit. I have said this before, but if it were possible to put a 500G sump on my 29G tank I would. Any amount of extra water volume can only help.

On a 150G tank I would recommend a 55G sump, on a 300G I would recommend a 90G sump. Obviously that is just my recommendation and it really is not that critical.. just helpful. Only thing that is a must is the sump has to be big enough to hold all the equipment you want to put into it.

 

[Amphiprion]

No, you can not oversize the sump. Actually, you want to get the biggest sump you can possibly fit. I have said this before, but if it were possible to put a 500G sump on my 29G tank I would. Any amount of extra water volume can only help.

On a 150G tank I would recommend a 55G sump, on a 300G I would recommend a 90G sump. Obviously that is just my recommendation and it really is not that critical.. just helpful. Only thing that is a must is the sump has to be big enough to hold all the equipment you want to put into it.

I agree 100%. It is even ok to absurdly size your sump. Think of it as a supersize meal without the guilt.

 

[Jenn Cos]

cabinet size

my cabinet is a 18 wide by 48 long

i took a card board cut out to see how im gona fit this
huge rectangle sump into this cabinet

looks like it will be a proublem , unless i remove the one piece of wood in middle of back of stand , thats the only way it could fit in , my stand is a perfecto and has two doors , but a middle fixed wood piece , nothing gona fit in though the front

if a get a wet/dry that was recommended by the fish dealer the biggest sump with that would be 24 gallons on a 110 tank , big enough...

or don't need bioballs , just a big sump is better

 

[Grins]

I'd remove the back, slide the new sump in, put the back on (if you want) and then slide it towards the wall and continue.