Sump?

brushman · 03/22/2007, 11:06 AM

I have a 10 gal tank kicking around, should I use this a sump tank for my 20 gal nano reef?

Not sure of the purpose of a sump tank.

rustybucket145 · 03/22/2007, 11:18 AM

Sure, I would combine a little fuge in it as well. Here's a drawing of a 20gal sump/fuge combo with the pump mounted externally, on a 10gal you would almost have to mount the pump internally.

michaeldaly · 03/22/2007, 11:30 AM

The main purposes of the sump are..

1. It's a place to hide all the ugly equipment
2. It increases the systems total water.
3. As mentioned you could have a refugium compartment, but a refuge would be more beneficial if the water coming from it could be gravity fed into the main display tank.

papagimp · 03/22/2007, 11:38 AM

If you are goign to set up a sump for that small of a tank, I would highly recommend you do the refugium version as seen in that photo above. I use an extremely close version of that on my 55g and it has made the hobby 10 times easier for me, mostly in part to the lack of algae problems I have now. And the added pod populations to my tanks make a massive difference in fish behavior and health. Nice, Fat mandarin, scooter, wrasses, ect. ect.

Michaeldaly hit it on the nose with the sump description, just a simple way to increase overall water volume, which gives you more room for error with water quality, and allows you to hide most the equpiment from the display tank.
A refugium does the exact same thing, and then some.

03/22/2007, 11:06 AM	#1
brushman Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Maine Posts: 33	Sump? I have a 10 gal tank kicking around, should I use this a sump tank for my 20 gal nano reef? Not sure of the purpose of a sump tank.

03/22/2007, 11:18 AM	#2
rustybucket145 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: valdosta, ga Posts: 3,707	Sure, I would combine a little fuge in it as well. Here's a drawing of a 20gal sump/fuge combo with the pump mounted externally, on a 10gal you would almost have to mount the pump internally. __________________ 400gals of various tanks in the same system. Current Tank Info: 2 175w MH, 2 VH0 Actinics, Lots of Live Rock, tons of copepods, a Fat Mandarin Goby, Niger Trigger, Yellow Tang, Falco Hawkfish, Bi-Color Pseudo, numerous soft, SPS and LPS Corals

03/22/2007, 11:38 AM	#4
papagimp COMAS Rocks! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 8,185 Blog Entries: 2	If you are goign to set up a sump for that small of a tank, I would highly recommend you do the refugium version as seen in that photo above. I use an extremely close version of that on my 55g and it has made the hobby 10 times easier for me, mostly in part to the lack of algae problems I have now. And the added pod populations to my tanks make a massive difference in fish behavior and health. Nice, Fat mandarin, scooter, wrasses, ect. ect. Michaeldaly hit it on the nose with the sump description, just a simple way to increase overall water volume, which gives you more room for error with water quality, and allows you to hide most the equpiment from the display tank. A refugium does the exact same thing, and then some. __________________ 58g Softie & 75g Stoney Member, Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society Current Tank Info: 58g Mixed Reef Project - Started June 2011

03/22/2007, 11:30 AM	#3
michaeldaly Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Earth Posts: 2,009	The main purposes of the sump are.. 1. It's a place to hide all the ugly equipment 2. It increases the systems total water. 3. As mentioned you could have a refugium compartment, but a refuge would be more beneficial if the water coming from it could be gravity fed into the main display tank.