newbie tank questions

egerzina · 03/18/2008, 09:58 PM

one day i will have a larger than 55g tank
so i need to learn

what is an overflow for, and a sump?
haven't been able to figure those two out. though i think i figured out what a refugium(sp)

for saltwater where to put the aggressive fish? am i right or partially?

thanks for any input!!!

emily

matt880305 · 03/18/2008, 11:49 PM

ok a overflow is for siphoning water out of the display tank and into the sump. the sump is for putting your equipment in( skimmer, heater, reactors, ect.) and yes and no for the fuge the main thing for a fuge is a biological type of filtering that normaly you would put macro alge a deep sand bed, ect. in there and it isnt aggressive fish you put in there it is fish that been bad in the display tank you put in there.
Matt

egerzina · 03/19/2008, 08:02 AM

thanks matt, that is good to know, when do most start putting sumps and overflows on their tanks? ie what size? is it a very needed thing with a say 125 or 150 long?

sw1tched · 03/19/2008, 09:33 AM

I have a 15 gallon sump on my 25 gallon Quarantine tank. its all about the available space. The sump is a place to put carbon to make the water clearer and put a heater so the heat is dispursed better in the display tank. You can throw your skimmer, or whatever else you plan on using in there as well where it is out of sight. End result is a clean looking display and an easy way to maintain it.
-Joe

egerzina · 03/19/2008, 10:39 AM

ah well i spent enough on my eheim at the moment to not even think about adding something else, even if the look is cleaner
after college/better paying job will equal larger tank and all the amenities!

03/18/2008, 09:58 PM	#1
egerzina Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Guthrie, Oklahoma Posts: 6	newbie tank questions one day i will have a larger than 55g tank so i need to learn what is an overflow for, and a sump? haven't been able to figure those two out. though i think i figured out what a refugium(sp) for saltwater where to put the aggressive fish? am i right or partially? thanks for any input!!! emily

03/19/2008, 09:33 AM	#4
sw1tched Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Omaha NE Posts: 130	I have a 15 gallon sump on my 25 gallon Quarantine tank. its all about the available space. The sump is a place to put carbon to make the water clearer and put a heater so the heat is dispursed better in the display tank. You can throw your skimmer, or whatever else you plan on using in there as well where it is out of sight. End result is a clean looking display and an easy way to maintain it. -Joe __________________ 210g mixed reef display, 40g long sump, Euro-reef G4+ skimmer, Neptune Apex controller, 3 AI SOl LED fixtures. 65g FOWLR display, 40g breeder sump, T5 coralife fixture, ASM G3 skimmer. Current Tank Info: 210 gallon mixed reef, 65 gallon FOWLR

03/18/2008, 11:49 PM	#2
matt880305 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: montgomery, il Posts: 844	ok a overflow is for siphoning water out of the display tank and into the sump. the sump is for putting your equipment in( skimmer, heater, reactors, ect.) and yes and no for the fuge the main thing for a fuge is a biological type of filtering that normaly you would put macro alge a deep sand bed, ect. in there and it isnt aggressive fish you put in there it is fish that been bad in the display tank you put in there. Matt

03/19/2008, 08:02 AM	#3
egerzina Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Guthrie, Oklahoma Posts: 6	thanks matt, that is good to know, when do most start putting sumps and overflows on their tanks? ie what size? is it a very needed thing with a say 125 or 150 long?

03/19/2008, 10:39 AM	#5
egerzina Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Guthrie, Oklahoma Posts: 6	ah well i spent enough on my eheim at the moment to not even think about adding something else, even if the look is cleaner after college/better paying job will equal larger tank and all the amenities!