Sump help

ramseagle · 01/17/2011, 01:24 PM

I need help with setting up my sump tank. I have all the pumps and a protein skimmer. What I mostly need deep sand bed concept.

timrellis · 01/17/2011, 01:28 PM

Well you shouldn't have a DSB actually in your sump. That would go in your refugium or refugium compartment. Thats were you keep all of your macro algae. This is a design I made for a sump/refugium combo that's gonna go under my 65 gallon:

ramseagle · 01/17/2011, 01:32 PM

So what all do I need for the refugium compartment

timrellis · 01/17/2011, 01:57 PM

The refugium is almost like a second tank that you use to house macro algae that grows and in turn removes nitrates from your water. It also provides a predator free environment for cope pods (small shrimp like animals) to grow and reproduce which are then filtered up to the display and help to feed fish and corals. Here's a picture of the refugium I have setup now. It's a 10 gallon tank. I have it separate from the sump in the second picture.

01/17/2011, 01:24 PM	#1
ramseagle Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 35	Sump help I need help with setting up my sump tank. I have all the pumps and a protein skimmer. What I mostly need deep sand bed concept.

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01/17/2011, 01:28 PM	#2
timrellis Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 33	Well you shouldn't have a DSB actually in your sump. That would go in your refugium or refugium compartment. Thats were you keep all of your macro algae. This is a design I made for a sump/refugium combo that's gonna go under my 65 gallon:

01/17/2011, 01:32 PM	#3
ramseagle Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 35	So what all do I need for the refugium compartment

01/17/2011, 01:57 PM	#4
timrellis Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 33	The refugium is almost like a second tank that you use to house macro algae that grows and in turn removes nitrates from your water. It also provides a predator free environment for cope pods (small shrimp like animals) to grow and reproduce which are then filtered up to the display and help to feed fish and corals. Here's a picture of the refugium I have setup now. It's a 10 gallon tank. I have it separate from the sump in the second picture.