biological filtration in sump

scarpenter · 08/30/2006, 05:24 PM

ok here's the deal boys and girls...I have 110 gal fish with LR. I started it Thursday of last week. I have a 20 gal sump with a coral life skimmer, 2 1" overflow hoses comming down from my CPR overflow, and a 1150 gph return pump. I am carbon filtering the overflow water as it enters the sump just behind the skimmer. The skimmer is not really running full time because I need to work on it. I still need to put deviders in the sump. But most of all a need a bio filter. I thought maybe I should reley on mother nature a use a live rock with snails. If I used an Ehiem wet dry, could I hook it to the skimmer output or would I hook it to the overflows?

mg426 · 08/30/2006, 05:49 PM

Coulpe things come to mind. Your LR (if you have 1+lb /gallon) wil be all the biological filter you need. If you are going to try to use a CSS skimmer You will need to get the baffles in your sump ASAP. The CSS skimmers must have a stable water level to even try to get them to work. If you are running carbon try doing so after your skimmer.

08/30/2006, 05:24 PM	#1
scarpenter Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tupelo, MS Posts: 436	biological filtration in sump ok here's the deal boys and girls...I have 110 gal fish with LR. I started it Thursday of last week. I have a 20 gal sump with a coral life skimmer, 2 1" overflow hoses comming down from my CPR overflow, and a 1150 gph return pump. I am carbon filtering the overflow water as it enters the sump just behind the skimmer. The skimmer is not really running full time because I need to work on it. I still need to put deviders in the sump. But most of all a need a bio filter. I thought maybe I should reley on mother nature a use a live rock with snails. If I used an Ehiem wet dry, could I hook it to the skimmer output or would I hook it to the overflows?

08/30/2006, 05:49 PM	#2
mg426 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: maryland Posts: 6,923	Coulpe things come to mind. Your LR (if you have 1+lb /gallon) wil be all the biological filter you need. If you are going to try to use a CSS skimmer You will need to get the baffles in your sump ASAP. The CSS skimmers must have a stable water level to even try to get them to work. If you are running carbon try doing so after your skimmer. __________________ I found a way to make a small fortune running a reef tank. Start with a large fortune. Unofficial President of the SEACLONE haters club Current Tank Info: 125 mixed reef 110 lbs LR, 1x250watt XM 20K MH 2x175watt XM 20K MH on Magetics 2X96 watt actinic PC, 220 watt VHO actinic, 30 gallon refugium, closed loop system powered by Sequence Dart MSX 200 skimmer 38 gallon sump, Oceansmotions squirt